

“War doesn't determine who's right. War determines who remains.”
― The Poppy War
― The Poppy War

“Betrayal. Translation means doing violence upon the original, means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So then where does that leave us? How can we conclude, except by acknowledging that an act of translation is then necessarily always an act of betrayal?”
― Babel
― Babel

“She remembered thinking falling for him would be like falling in love with darkness, but now she imagined he was more like a starry night: the constellations were always there, constant, magnificent guides against the ever-present black.”
― Caraval
― Caraval

“Don't make your life about the loss. Make it about the love.”
― Legendborn
― Legendborn

“Yet as much as I loved him, I loved myself more. And as I was discovering, there was no end to love-it was something which grew and renewed endlessly, expanding to encompass each new horizon. Family. Friends. And other lovers, too-none of them the same- yet each precious in their own way.”
― Daughter of the Moon Goddess
― Daughter of the Moon Goddess
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