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“People always say that your wedding day is the happiest day of your life, but honestly, people should try solving murders more often.”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

“Maybe you do something slightly bad, so what? Now you learn from it. You have a better judgment now. Better morals, because you learn from your personal mistake. This what life is about, Riki. No one is perfect, making right decisions all the time. Only those who are so privileged can make right decision all the time. The rest of us, we have to struggle, keep afloat. Sometimes we do things we are not proud of. But now you know where your lines are. You are good boy, Riki. You have good heart. That is all that matters.”
― Jesse Q. Sutanto, Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers

“Wholeness, she had learned, was not the absence of pain but the ability to hold it.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“I’ve never needed a sword to protect you—to raise you the way your father wanted. Caring for my family meant putting away the fighter, so I did.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“A life of dangerous adventures might seem worth it now, when you are young and seemingly invincible, but one day, you will have children, and you will not want that life for them.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“What sort of a man closed his eyes to the world and called it clarity?”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“Was the headmaster serious about challenging people to single combat? You guys really still do that?” “How else would we settle our differences?” “I don’t know. Talking?”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“Misaki tied the obsidian sword at her hip and realized how much she had ached for its weight there. A baby just wasn’t the same.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“People always said the Ranganese were demons of a different breed from the Kaigenese, but their blood seemed to be the same color, now that they lay still, letting it run together. They had all come out of the same ocean, hadn’t they? At the beginning of the world?”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“Yes, my son. I’m proud of you.” “I’m not sure I’m worthy of your pride,” Mamoru said with a smile, “but I will be. Just wait.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“You lost your right to my obedience when you stopped being a man!”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“You learn over time that the world isn’t broken. It’s just… got more pieces to it than you thought. They all fit together, just maybe not the way you pictured when you were young.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“Respectfully, I just want to know how you feel about your government lying to you.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“In that moment of awe, Takeru realized how much he owed this woman, who had borne his children, who had fought, and fought, and fought for a family she had never asked for. She had given him her life and demanded nothing in return. Mamoru hadn’t inherited his strength from his father. It had come from her.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“They had been married fifteen years. It was the first time they had ever held hands.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“The cruelest thing Misaki could do to a bitter creature like her father-in-law was keep serving, smiling, and pushing out babies like nothing bothered her. The cruelest thing she could do was serve her purpose—like he never could.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“What fighting style?” Kwang raised his eyebrows. “Video games.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“It’s like I stepped through a portal back in time.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“Everything living deserves a chance to grow.”
― Rick Riordan, The Dark Prophecy

“Back in medieval times, " I said, "we used oil of vitriol for its healing properties. No doubt that's why Commodus had some in his infirmary. Today we call it sulfuric acid."
Meg flinched. "Isn't that dangerous?"
"Very."
"And you *healed* with it?"
"It was the Middle Ages. We were crazy back then.”
― Rick Riordan, The Dark Prophecy

“Being productive.
Ugh.
It's such a human concept. It implies you have limited time (LOL) and have to work hard to make something happen (double LOL). I mean, perhaps if you were labouring away for years writing an opera about the glories of Apollo, I could understand the appeal of being productive. But how can you get a sense of satisfaction and serenity from preparing food? That I did not understand.
Even at Camp Half-Blood I wasn't asked to make my own meals. True, the hot dogs were questionable, and I never found out what sort of bugs were in bug juice, but at least I'd been served by a cadre of beautiful nymphs.
Now I was compelled to wash lettuce, dice tomatoes and chop onions.”
― Rick Riordan, The Dark Prophecy

“Save Apollo!” she yelled. My spirits soared. Yes, thank you! I wanted to yell. FINALLY someone has their priorities straight!”
― Rick Riordan, The Dark Prophecy