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“Biographers polish away the jagged edges of capable, ruthless queens so they may be remembered as saints, and geographers warn believing men away from such and such a place with scandalous tales of lewd local females who cavort in the sea and ravish foreign interlopers.”
― Shannon Chakraborty, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

“What is something you create, even if you do nothing?’ The answer was a choice. Choosing not to do something was still a choice.”
― Evie Woods, The Lost Bookshop

“I had learned nothing from my father, only how to feel inadequate all the time. I”
― Evie Woods, The Lost Bookshop