Joel 
A third of the way through Tiamat's Wrath. Book 8 of #TheExpanse
Finally feels like I'm making progress
JulesI like Ana's encounter with the Metatron. She stays true to herself, asking the question that's bugged her all her life, and it seems like a fuck-up: she doesn't get the Name.
Only she *does*. In the end, it's a win-win, and I think that's quite beautiful.
"Universal salvation or bust" 😂😍👍🏼🫡
"Father, Origen wrote that even the devils will be saved, in the end. Is this true?” Father Ellis stopped, thought for a second. “People mostly think St. Jerome made that up to make Origen seem more heretical."
I think my headcanon is on Origen's side 😬
pete rorabaughcatching my account up on I've read/am reading since my last books post: finished "I gave you eyes and you looked toward the darkness" by Irene Solà .. "I who have never known men" by Jacqueline Harpman .. in the middle of "too like the lightning" by Ada Palmer and "ghost wall" by Sarah Moss (for book-ish club) .. also in the middle of "imagination: a manifesto" by Ruha Benjaman. #books2026
"I don’t want you to hate evil. I want you to love good. And good is hard to see sometimes. Except for love. The sky produces so many kinds of radiation, but our eyes are so limited, only made to see a few specific wavelengths, and we call those wavelengths light. And goodness is the same way. It’s so vast, but God lets us feel a tiny bit of it viscerally, and we call that part love."
"Rabbi Tarfon said: it not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it"
Gah, these speeches Ana makes at Simeon and how he's portrayed as sympathetic *shudders*
I just hate this dynamic, young, idealistic woman in a "discussion" with an older, more cynical man. It almost always turns out she's just naive and learns her lesson soon.
Gah. Cringe. Don't want.
Of course, fond of filthy Latin poetry as I am, sparrows make me think of Catullus. Not sure how his dead... "bird"... might be connected to the Other King though.
“If God wanted the sick to be cured, why would He make them sick? If He wanted the righteous to be saved, why would He put them in danger? God lets people perform miracles to make a statement.”