Monday, November 29, 2021

Without constructs, you will unravel few mysteries. Without knowledge of mysteries, your constructs will fail.

 --- Becky Chalmers, in A Psalm for the Wild-built (2021), p. 135

Excerpt

“Find the strength to do both,” Mosscap said, quoting the phrase painted on the wagon.

“Exactly,” Dex said.

“But what’s both?”

Dex recited: “ ‘Without constructs, you will unravel few mysteries. Without knowledge of mysteries, your constructs will fail. These pursuits are what makes us, but without comfort, you will lack the strength to sustain either.’ ”

“Is that from your Insights?” Mosscap asked.

“Yeah,” Dex said.