Tchula Ripton

“Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.”
― Kathleen Winsor

“The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering.”
― Ben Okri

“You like the gentleman, then?" said Muna.
"I don't dislike him," said Henrietta unpromisingly.
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"I don't dislike cabbage," Muna found herself saying, "but I should not consider marrying it. Not disliking seems a poor foundation for future happiness.”
― Zen Cho, The True Queen

“In practice, the Hawks are people. People are political. I don’t expect any group of people to be perfect, theoretical beings—for one, the pay isn’t nearly high enough. Some of the racial decisions made are purely pragmatic; the Barrani are preferentially sent into figurative war zones because we’re much more likely to survive them. There is no equality because we are not equal; we are different. I attempt to respect those differences.”
― Michelle Sagara, Cast in Honor