C.J. Cherryh quote ✍️

He had read about evil in Efanor's little book, and how it permeated the doings of Men, but he had never foud such doings evil, rather good and bad... but none without self-interest, none he could not understand even in terms of his own will to have his way.

He had lived and acted on the assumption that he was alone, and now he saw that he had not been. What he had done made others suffer. No matter how much he would long for them to f…

He realized without being aware of it that he had had the possibility to know her, before — had he known her? — but now that had changed. The possibility was gone. Now no one would…

Finally, Slade had the thing he’d never thought he would have. The thing he’d never even thought he wanted. He had the same thing his best friend had with his sister: he had the lo…