Despite the horror, we survivors were endowed with a will to survive. Or instinct. Or maybe it was faith.

...this refinement and delicacy were what Cale adored; but Cale had been beaten into shape, hammered in dreadful fires of fear and pain. How could she be with him for long? A secret part of Arbell had been searching for some time for a way to leave her lover__lthough she was unaware of this, it is only fair to record. And so as Cale waited for her to save him while he worked out a way of saving her, she had already chosen the bitter but reasonable path of the good, of the many over the one...

I__ in love with my corporate girlfriend,with the Cyclops heart

Huge difference between being happy at will, and chasing euphoric moments as an escape. One doesn't cost a dime, the other will tax your soul.

Goodness is sparked by a caution for the sake of what is good, not a fear of what is bad.

To know the good from the bad, measure the heart. Actions reveal the true coloring of one's heart, not their intentions.