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“Fire and water looked so lovely together. It was a pity they destroyed each other by nature.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic

“It’s strange — hope can make you forget so much, so quickly. That’s why hoping is so dangerous.”
― Akemi Dawn Bowman, Starfish

“What I want more than anything else in the world is to feel like being myself isn’t something that should be hidden and a secret.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, The Henna Wars

“Great danger is always associated with great power. The difference between the great and the mediocre is that the great are willing to take the risk.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“Terrible people aren't always the ones doing something wrong. Good people mess up too, but that doesn't mean we should let it slide.”
― Leah Johnson, You Should See Me in a Crown

“I think I'm trying to find a rhythm for the mess in my head so that it somehow makes sense”
― Hanna Alkaf, The Weight of Our Sky

“I don't want to be saved by some knight in shining armour. I'd like to be the one in the armour, and I'd like to be the one doing the saving.”
― Kalynn Bayron, Cinderella Is Dead

“It bothered me that a group of people had to march on the streets to demand that their very lives mattered”
― Shannon Hitchcock, Flying Over Water

“Maybe it's better to have gotten it right and been happy for one day instead of living a lifetime of wrongs.”
― Adam Silvera, They Both Die at the End

“It was funny, the way things changed. How people could be shocked by something, a bit of information that didn't fit what they knew of the world, and then expand and grow around it, into it, until it became part of them, just another piece in an overarching narrative.”
― Shveta Thakrar, Star Daughter

“Kindness isn’t something you are. It’s something you choose to be, every single moment of every single day.”
― Diana Pinguicha, A Curse of Roses

“Ruin me, ruin us, and I’ll let you.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“The mind is a mysterious place. In its vast and many corners are hidden pieces of knowledge. When we sleep, they float up in the form of dreams. They can be wild, have a mind of their own, and lead us to places. They can carry messages or warnings. If they recur, one must heed them.”
― Payal Doshi, Rea and the Blood of the Nectar

“We all have a choice right now. Are we girls or are we demons? Are we going to die or are we going to survive?”
― Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones

“She was always going to be expelled into that world of chaos and violence—of greatness and nothingness.”
― Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun

“the fear you have for someone else’s life always eclipses the fear you have for your own.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, With the Fire on High

“The only place Kasey still found Celia was in her dreams.”
― Joan He, The Ones We're Meant to Find

“When you choose the path of an artist, nothing is promised, but everything is possible.”
― Sarah Suk, Made in Korea

“I wish we could all live our lives in peace, without these expectations that seem to dictate our every breath.”
― Tashie Bhuiyan, Counting Down with You