“But of course it was worth it. It was the only thing that was worth it. She had been fortunate to find a vocation that made irrelevant everything else, and anything that made you forget to eat, drink, sleep, or maintain basic relationships – anything that made you so inhumanly excited – had to be pursued with single-minded devotion.”

“But of course it was worth it. It was the only thing that was worth it. She had been fortunate to find a vocation that made irrelevant everything else, and anything that made you forget to eat, drink, sleep, or maintain basic relationships – anything that made you so inhumanly excited – had to be pursued with single-minded devotion.”

— R.F. Kuang