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A review by laurla
House Name by Michelle West
made me cry, but also pulls me in to the characters so well. love her writing.
"it was more than just make-work; she understood that now. they were making sanity. they were trying to hold onto the emotions of everyday life because it mattered."
"i feel helpless here. i dont feel safe. i dont feel that theres any such thing as safety, anymore."
"i'm not sure i can be what you want me to be"
"you are young, and you measure yourself, always, by your failures. by your current failures. you do not see your successes."
"not everything you value will outlast you. some of the things you build will be destroyed - by your oversight, the malice of others, or the simple passing of time.' but time gives perspective. with time you come to understand that not everything is lost. when a fire scours the forest and destroys the lives within, new growth occurs in the open spaces left behind, and life returns. it is not the same life, but it offers some hope for the future."
"many people who possess a sense of duty possess, as well, a crippling sense of guilt when they feel they have failed. the guilt, the inability to continue in the face of guilt, consumes them."
"no one man or woman can be all things to all people; no single man or woman can be all things to house terafin. not even the lord who rules it. what that lord who rules it sees, is how best to leverage those men and women who can do what he or she cannot. she is not perfect. she will make mistakes. she will fail in some of her responsibilities because one does not always see them clearly or in time."
"if you allow guilt to paralyze or devour you, you will be able to shoulder no other burdens."
"accept that there are things you cannot do."
"sometimes action is necessary, but it does not have to be your action."
"i'm not good at being happy. i'm afraid of it sometimes."
"its not supposed to be easy, losing someone. if it were, we wouldnt care enough to try to keep them. best we can do is try."
"it was more than just make-work; she understood that now. they were making sanity. they were trying to hold onto the emotions of everyday life because it mattered."
"i feel helpless here. i dont feel safe. i dont feel that theres any such thing as safety, anymore."
"i'm not sure i can be what you want me to be"
"you are young, and you measure yourself, always, by your failures. by your current failures. you do not see your successes."
"not everything you value will outlast you. some of the things you build will be destroyed - by your oversight, the malice of others, or the simple passing of time.' but time gives perspective. with time you come to understand that not everything is lost. when a fire scours the forest and destroys the lives within, new growth occurs in the open spaces left behind, and life returns. it is not the same life, but it offers some hope for the future."
"many people who possess a sense of duty possess, as well, a crippling sense of guilt when they feel they have failed. the guilt, the inability to continue in the face of guilt, consumes them."
"no one man or woman can be all things to all people; no single man or woman can be all things to house terafin. not even the lord who rules it. what that lord who rules it sees, is how best to leverage those men and women who can do what he or she cannot. she is not perfect. she will make mistakes. she will fail in some of her responsibilities because one does not always see them clearly or in time."
"if you allow guilt to paralyze or devour you, you will be able to shoulder no other burdens."
"accept that there are things you cannot do."
"sometimes action is necessary, but it does not have to be your action."
"i'm not good at being happy. i'm afraid of it sometimes."
"its not supposed to be easy, losing someone. if it were, we wouldnt care enough to try to keep them. best we can do is try."