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The Lotus Palace by Jeannie Lin

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“It’s not that I’m afraid of you,” she said, rolling her eyes. “And a man accepting a kiss as ‘punishment’ has to be the most overplayed parlor trick since the time of the First Emperor. Next to accepting a drink as punishment. Oh, the ...more

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“Never tempt fate. It plays for keeps.”
― Seanan McGuire, Rosemary and Rue

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“Their love wanted to fix her, and refused to see that she wasn't broken.”
― Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway

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“Because they're the wrong colors, right? Somebody else's rainbow.”
― Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway

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“Because hope is a knife that can cut through the foundations of the world.”
― Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway

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“If you cannot or will not imagine the results of your actions, there’s no way you can act morally or responsibly. Little kids can’t do it; babies are morally monsters — completely greedy. Their imagination has to be trained into foresight and empathy. [It's the writer's] pleasant duty is to ply the reader’s imagination with the best and purest nourishment that it can absorb.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin

tags: empathy, writers, writing

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