313) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 77 — No greater Love
They say that in moments of life-or-death, time sometimes slows down, giving you uncanny clarity of perception. Kohra understood instantly what she had to do. There was no time for anything else.
312) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 76 — Kohra finds her Power
Everyone was silent while Kohra closed her eyes. Dominic smiled to himself. Ms. B had told him this would happen. That someday, Kohra would start to find herself. He felt strangely proud, like he was watching “a moment” in his friend’s life.
306) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 70 — As glory fades
For some absurd reason, it was at that moment that Melkorn finally woke up, rising to his feet, staring around at flames and death and a huge smoking metallic spider. Nothing made sense. All these people were yelling at him. Some bald man with a beard had a war-hammer! Melkorn roared into action, thinking he was about to be attacked, swinging straight for Gorb from only a few steps away.
304) The Salvation of Eden, Chapter 68 — The least likely Plan
Lenny responded, “Yeeeeet!” and raised her arms in what she called her “goblin pose.” Lenny typically did things like that when she found herself the centre of attention. Dominic laughed, in spite of their circumstances. Kohra, watching from behind, smiled. She loved these people. Even in the midst of a suicide mission, they found humour in little moments.
“Okay, we were right,” Grok commented as they hiked. “She brought most of her forces to catch you.” She grinned. “I love it when a plan comes together.”
169) The despair you are feeling right now: Dead children, bombed hospitals, the lies of tyranny in a dying world, and the crushing hopelessness of “What the hell can I DO about any of this?”
What can we do, in the midst of a genocide? What can we do, in the midst of tyranny that’s been happening, and strengthening, since before we were born? We can we do, in a world that burns its own living flesh, due to the greed of the most-privileged minority who clamour for ever-more wealth and power?
None of us want this.
64) Jordan Peterson, Part 5: The Perfect House Problem; Subsection 7 -- The Rebel Alliance
The Rebel Alliance depended on a dead dude, a quixotic Elf who talked like Grover, a wannabe hero with an inferiority complex, an arrogant smuggler, an incomprehensible BigFoot, an annoying and basically useless robot, a super-cool robot who looked like a futuristic garbage can, and a bitchy, bad-ass princess.
50) Dirty Feet (TW: suicide, sexual assault)
Thinking about suicide has been my main hobby for 14 years, 7 months and 16 days.
You were right about sexual assault, especially for kids.
“It makes you see yourself as a demon. So you check-out, dissociate, a lot of the time, because who wants to be a demon?”
I realize why I kept this fantasy alive for so long.
I believed the only worthy thing to do with my life was make sure my last act will be one of love.
6) Something Positive
I believe people are yearning to feel hope, joy, love, to unselfconsciously embrace, inhale, and celebrate life. I believe people want to stop passively absorbing and consuming, and instead, becoming ACTIVE PRODUCERS of culture. It’s like, when did we stop painting and drawing and singing and making poetry, so that we could….sit in Starbucks drinking overpriced coffee with our friends? When did going outside get sacrificed to surfing other people’s pics on Facebook?