" Not free of pain, nor free of fear, but free of the need to react to that fear in all the old ways. She had no anger left, no hatred, no desire for vengeance, nothing but pity for those who must find such vile amusements, who had no better hope, or no courage to withdraw. "

― Elizabeth Moon , The Deed of Paksenarrion (The Deed of Paksenarrion, #1-3)