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“You claim the gods should love and care for humans. I disagree. I don’t think love can be bought or earned or even prayed for. It must be freely given.”
― Axie Oh, The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

“The word loss was inadequate. Loss just meant a lack, meant something was missing, but it did not encompass the totality of this severance, this terrifying un-anchoring from all that he’d ever known.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“A lie was not a lie if it was never uttered; questions that were never asked did not need answers.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Nowadays, we don’t have to be scared here. I hold his hand whenever I want.”
― Alice Oseman, Nick and Charlie