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Grimm gestured to his arm. “The rumor mill is performing to specifications, I’m afraid. I already had this when it started.” “I remember,” Bayard said. “So. You repelled an assault by Auroran Marines . . . with one hand.” “My crew did the majority of that.” Bayard made a little ah sound. “Naturally. While you stood about offering critique, I suppose.” “It’s as if you know me.”
The Cinder Spires
Jim Butcher
And then there was Abenthy, my first real teacher. He taught me more than all the others set end to end. If not for him, I would never have become the man I am today. I ask that you not hold it against him. He meant well.
The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss
Often while meditating, after a few minutes of restlessness a sense of soothing would come on, as if I were being salved inside and out. In neurophysiological terms, this was the parasympathetic nervous system engaging, turning down the dial on the stress response. I had lived with a dysregulated nervous system for so long that I hadn’t considered the possibility that maybe the anxiety I ordinarily felt wasn’t 100 percent necessary.
One Blade of Grass
Henry Shukman
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