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“I hate you," she spat.
Alaric sneered at her. "See? Already you are acclimatizing so well to married life.”
― Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars

“Or, at the very least, turn me little again.' He wiped his eyes with a sleeve, and stared at the plate of mung bean cakes. 'Little enough that all I wanted to reach for was the banquet table. When all I knew to desire was a sweet cake. And even if everyone punished me, or yelled at me, or hated me, at least back then I didn’t know why. If you can’t turn me into a fish, at least turn me little.”
― Shen Tao, The Poet Empress

“Do you make it a habit to compliment everyone who's trying to kill you?"

"Not everyone." His eyes flashed with a hint of amusement. "Just you.”
― Thea Guanzon, The Hurricane Wars

“If you give too much of yourself down here, you risk losing everything. Because no one will ever return that loyalty. You'll give and give and end up hollow... or dead. Remember that.”
― Sarah Hawley, Servant of Earth