A point that women today continue to try to make:

“Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?”

I’ve gotta say, I think I side with Jasnah in this particular philosophy lesson.

Jasnah articulating my religious trauma here:

“Must someone, some unseen thing, declare what is right for it to be right? I believe that my own morality-which answers only to my heart-is more sure and true than the morality of those who do right only because they fear retribution." & “what I feel is that spending my life trying to earn the favor of an unseen, unknown, and unknowable being who watches me from the sky is an exercise in sheer futility."

“Better to exist in agony than to vanish entirely.” -ohhh Szeth! He breaks my heart every time I read one of his parts. He feels so trapped. I’m intrigued by him

“I dreamt of him once; he was standing in a snowy forest and speaking to a female child.”