Dion Lao

“You will never be perfectly fair, and you will never be truly correct,” Lao Ge said. “This is your burden.”
― F.C. Yee, Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi

“My friend is not a diplomat. She is the failure of diplomacy. She is the breakdown of negotiations. There is no escalation of hostilities beyond her.”
― F.C. Yee, The Shadow of Kyoshi

“Enemies are enemies, but no one can shame you like your own family.”
― F.C. Yee, The Shadow of Kyoshi

“It was said that each Avatar was born in fitting times, to an era that needed them. Judging by its start, the era of Kyoshi would be marred by uncertainty, fear, and death, the only gifts she seemed capable of producing for the world. The people would never revere her like they did Yangchen or smile at her like they did Kuruk. Then let it be so, she thought. She would fight her ill fortune, her bad stars, and protect those who might despise her to the very end of her days.”
― F.C. Yee, Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi