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“A man takes his sadness down to the river and throws it in the river
                    but then he’s still left
with the river. A man takes his sadness and throws it away
                                                                        but then he’s still left with his hands.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“But these words people threw around - humans, monsters, heroes, villains - to Victor it was all just a matter of semantics. Someone could call themselves a hero and still walk around killing dozens. Someone else could be labeled a villain for trying to stop them. Plenty of humans were monstrous, and plenty of monsters knew how to play at being human.”
― V.E. Schwab, Vicious

“I know history. There are many names in history

but none of them are ours.”
― Richard Siken, Crush

“Whether he is with others or not he is certainly alone.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

“Ambition rolled off him like thunder.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ninth House

“I penetrated the outer cell membrane with a nanosyringe."
"You poked it with a stick?"
"No!" I said. "Well. Yes. But it was a scientific poke with a very scientific stick.”
― Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary

“Is your learning curve a horizontal line?”
― Nora Sakavic, The King's Men