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R.F. Kuang Quote: “Life is so short. Why do we build up these walls?”

101. “Life is so short. Why do we build up these walls?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “They were no longer a cohort. Now they were only a wake.”

102. “They were no longer a cohort. Now they were only a wake.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “He can’t be real, she thought. A boy made of flesh and bone could not be so painfully lovely, so free of any blemish or flaw.”

103. “He can’t be real, she thought. A boy made of flesh and bone could not be so painfully lovely, so free of any blemish or flaw.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Empire needed extraction. Violence shocked the system, because the system could not cannibalize itself and survive.”

104. “Empire needed extraction. Violence shocked the system, because the system could not cannibalize itself and survive.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Language was just difference. A thousand different ways of seeing, of moving through the world. No; a thousand worlds within one. And translation – a necessary endeavour, however futile, to move between them.”

105. “Language was just difference. A thousand different ways of seeing, of moving through the world. No; a thousand worlds within one. And translation – a necessary endeavour, however futile, to move between them.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I suppose we decided to be girls because being boys seems to require giving up half your brain cells.”

106. “I suppose we decided to be girls because being boys seems to require giving up half your brain cells.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Sring Venka was a prim, spoiled Sinegardian princess turned lethal soldier turned brittle survivor; of course she’d walk into a war zone with red paint on her lips simply because she felt like it.”

107. “Sring Venka was a prim, spoiled Sinegardian princess turned lethal soldier turned brittle survivor; of course she’d walk into a war zone with red paint on her lips simply because she felt like it.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But that’s the great contradiction of colonialism.’ Cathy uttered this like a simple matter of fact. ‘It’s built to destroy that which it prizes most.”

108. “But that’s the great contradiction of colonialism.’ Cathy uttered this like a simple matter of fact. ‘It’s built to destroy that which it prizes most.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Restraint. Repression. Had he not practised this his entire life? Let the pain slide off you like raindrops, without acknowledgment, without reaction, because to pretend it is not happening is the only way to survive.”

109. “Restraint. Repression. Had he not practised this his entire life? Let the pain slide off you like raindrops, without acknowledgment, without reaction, because to pretend it is not happening is the only way to survive.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Defying empire, it turned out, was fun.”

110. “Defying empire, it turned out, was fun.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “As for my approach to historical fiction, I think what I’m drawing from is Saidiya Hartman’s technique of critical fabulation, which is a way of writing against the grain, of injecting empathy and realism to the archival record of a history that feels abstract to us.”

111. “As for my approach to historical fiction, I think what I’m drawing from is Saidiya Hartman’s technique of critical fabulation, which is a way of writing against the grain, of injecting empathy and realism to the archival record of a history that feels abstract to us.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Life and death, they’re equal to this cosmos. We enter the material world and we go away again, reincarnated into something better.”

112. “Life and death, they’re equal to this cosmos. We enter the material world and we go away again, reincarnated into something better.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Keep your eyes on your own paper, they say. But that’s hard to do when everyone else’s papers are flapping constantly in your face.”

113. “Keep your eyes on your own paper, they say. But that’s hard to do when everyone else’s papers are flapping constantly in your face.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “No one’s focused on how we’re all connected. We only think about how we suffer, individually. The poor and middle-class of this country don’t realize they have more in common with us than they do with Westminster.”

114. “No one’s focused on how we’re all connected. We only think about how we suffer, individually. The poor and middle-class of this country don’t realize they have more in common with us than they do with Westminster.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “He buried his past life, not because it was so terrible but because abandoning it was the only way to survive.”

115. “He buried his past life, not because it was so terrible but because abandoning it was the only way to survive.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Reading lets us live in someone else’s shoes. Literature builds bridges; it makes our world larger, not smaller.”

116. “Reading lets us live in someone else’s shoes. Literature builds bridges; it makes our world larger, not smaller.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Born in Hong Kong, raised between Sydney and New York, educated in British boarding schools that gave her a posh, unplaceable foreign accent; tall and razor-thin, graceful in the way all former ballet dancers are, porcelain pale and possessed of these massive, long-lashed brown eyes that make her look like a Chinese Anne Hathaway.”

117. “Born in Hong Kong, raised between Sydney and New York, educated in British boarding schools that gave her a posh, unplaceable foreign accent; tall and razor-thin, graceful in the way all former ballet dancers are, porcelain pale and possessed of these massive, long-lashed brown eyes that make her look like a Chinese Anne Hathaway.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Maybe it was Highlander Syndrome – I’ve read about that before, the way members of marginalized groups feel threatened if someone else like them starts finding success.”

118. “Maybe it was Highlander Syndrome – I’ve read about that before, the way members of marginalized groups feel threatened if someone else like them starts finding success.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Because the answer could not be rational. It was not founded in military strategy. It was not because of a shortage of food rations, or because of the risk of insurgency or backlash. It was, simply, what happened when one race decided that the other was insignificant. The Federation had massacred Golyn Niis for the simple reason that they did not think of the Nikara as human. And if your opponent was not human, if your opponent was a cockroach, what did it matter how many of them you killed?”

119. “Because the answer could not be rational. It was not founded in military strategy. It was not because of a shortage of food rations, or because of the risk of insurgency or backlash. It was, simply, what happened when one race decided that the other was insignificant. The Federation had massacred Golyn Niis for the simple reason that they did not think of the Nikara as human. And if your opponent was not human, if your opponent was a cockroach, what did it matter how many of them you killed?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe. Grief took him out of his body, made his injuries theoretical. He was bleeding, but he didn’t know where from.”

120. “Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe. Grief took him out of his body, made his injuries theoretical. He was bleeding, but he didn’t know where from.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “After all, we’re here to make the unknown known, to make the other familiar. We’re here to make magic with words.”

121. “After all, we’re here to make the unknown known, to make the other familiar. We’re here to make magic with words.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Empire needed extraction. Violence shocked the system, because the system could not cannibalize itself and survive. The hands of the Empire were tied, because it could not raze that from which it profited.”

122. “Empire needed extraction. Violence shocked the system, because the system could not cannibalize itself and survive. The hands of the Empire were tied, because it could not raze that from which it profited.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The cultural constructions are clear: so many Chinese ghosts are hungry, angry, voiceless women. In taking Athena’s legacy, I’ve added one to their ranks.”

123. “The cultural constructions are clear: so many Chinese ghosts are hungry, angry, voiceless women. In taking Athena’s legacy, I’ve added one to their ranks.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I’ve labored for years to learn my craft. Perhaps the core idea of this novel wasn’t mine, but I’m the one who rescued it, who freed the diamond from the rough.”

124. “I’ve labored for years to learn my craft. Perhaps the core idea of this novel wasn’t mine, but I’m the one who rescued it, who freed the diamond from the rough.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “He knew exactly what choice she’d made and what she intended. And that made everything- hating her, loving her, surviving her, so much harder.”

125. “He knew exactly what choice she’d made and what she intended. And that made everything- hating her, loving her, surviving her, so much harder.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “If there is a divine creator, some ultimate moral authority, then why do bad things happen to good people? And why would this deity create people at all, since people are such imperfect beings?”

126. “If there is a divine creator, some ultimate moral authority, then why do bad things happen to good people? And why would this deity create people at all, since people are such imperfect beings?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Our dead don’t leave us. They’ll hunt you as long as you let them.”

127. “Our dead don’t leave us. They’ll hunt you as long as you let them.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “They were men at Oxford; they were not Oxford men. But the enormity of this knowledge was so devastating, such a vicious antithesis to the three golden days they’d blindly enjoyed, that neither of them could say it out loud.”

128. “They were men at Oxford; they were not Oxford men. But the enormity of this knowledge was so devastating, such a vicious antithesis to the three golden days they’d blindly enjoyed, that neither of them could say it out loud.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “People are fragile and desperate fools. They don’t know what’s real and what’s false, so they’ll cling to their little truths, because it’s better than imagining that their world might not matter so much after all.”

129. “People are fragile and desperate fools. They don’t know what’s real and what’s false, so they’ll cling to their little truths, because it’s better than imagining that their world might not matter so much after all.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Family names were not things to be dropped and replaced at whim, he thought. They marked lineage; they marked belonging.”

130. “Family names were not things to be dropped and replaced at whim, he thought. They marked lineage; they marked belonging.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “It’s hard to accept what you don’t want to see.”

131. “It’s hard to accept what you don’t want to see.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways – I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows. PLATO, Apology, trans. Benjamin Jowett.”

132. “The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways – I to die, and you to live. Which is better God only knows. PLATO, Apology, trans. Benjamin Jowett.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I‘m exactly what they deserve,” she said. “They don‘t want peace, they want revenge. I‘m it.”

133. “I‘m exactly what they deserve,” she said. “They don‘t want peace, they want revenge. I‘m it.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But I warn you, little warrior. The price of power is pain.”

134. “But I warn you, little warrior. The price of power is pain.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “If we push in the right spots – then we’ve moved things to the breaking point. The the future becomes fluid, and change is possible. History isn’t a premed tapestry that we’ve got to suffer, a closed world with no exit. We can form it. Make it. We just have to choose to make it.”

135. “If we push in the right spots – then we’ve moved things to the breaking point. The the future becomes fluid, and change is possible. History isn’t a premed tapestry that we’ve got to suffer, a closed world with no exit. We can form it. Make it. We just have to choose to make it.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “This is what I love about writing – it offers us endless opportunities to reinvent ourselves, and the stories we tell about ourselves. It lets us acknowledge every aspect of our heritage and history.”

136. “This is what I love about writing – it offers us endless opportunities to reinvent ourselves, and the stories we tell about ourselves. It lets us acknowledge every aspect of our heritage and history.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “London was drab and grey; was exploding in colour; was a raucous din, bursting with life; was eerily quiet, haunted by ghosts and graveyards.”

137. “London was drab and grey; was exploding in colour; was a raucous din, bursting with life; was eerily quiet, haunted by ghosts and graveyards.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”

138. “And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “How does all the power from foreign languages just somehow accrue to England? This is no accident; this is a deliberate exploitation of foreign culture and foreign resources. The professors like to pretend that the tower is a refuge for pure knowledge, that it sits above the mundane concerns of business and commerce, but it does not. It’s intricately tied to the business of colonialism. It is the business of colonialism.”

139. “How does all the power from foreign languages just somehow accrue to England? This is no accident; this is a deliberate exploitation of foreign culture and foreign resources. The professors like to pretend that the tower is a refuge for pure knowledge, that it sits above the mundane concerns of business and commerce, but it does not. It’s intricately tied to the business of colonialism. It is the business of colonialism.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But the boy already had a god of his own. And the gods were selfish.”

140. “But the boy already had a god of his own. And the gods were selfish.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I command the Cike.” Chaghan looked sideways at her. His expression was grim. “You are going to paint the world in Altan’s blood, aren’t you?” “I’m going to find and kill everyone responsible,” said Rin. “You cannot stop me.” Chaghan laughed a dry, cutting laugh. “Oh, I’m not going to stop you.” He held out his hand. She grasped it, and the drowned land and the ash-choked sky bore witness to the pact between Seer and Speerly.”

141. “I command the Cike.” Chaghan looked sideways at her. His expression was grim. “You are going to paint the world in Altan’s blood, aren’t you?” “I’m going to find and kill everyone responsible,” said Rin. “You cannot stop me.” Chaghan laughed a dry, cutting laugh. “Oh, I’m not going to stop you.” He held out his hand. She grasped it, and the drowned land and the ash-choked sky bore witness to the pact between Seer and Speerly.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Men are selfish and petty,” argued Erlang Shen, Grand Marshal of the Heavenly Forces. “Their life spans are so short that they give no thought to the future of the land. If we lend them aid, they will drain this earth and squabble among themselves. There will be no peace.”

142. “Men are selfish and petty,” argued Erlang Shen, Grand Marshal of the Heavenly Forces. “Their life spans are so short that they give no thought to the future of the land. If we lend them aid, they will drain this earth and squabble among themselves. There will be no peace.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “He went back to his first morning in Oxford: climbing a sunny hill with Ramy, picnic basket in hand. Elderflower cordial. Warm brioche, sharp cheese, a chocolate tart for dessert. The air smelled like a promise, all of Oxford shone like an illumination, and he was falling in love.”

143. “He went back to his first morning in Oxford: climbing a sunny hill with Ramy, picnic basket in hand. Elderflower cordial. Warm brioche, sharp cheese, a chocolate tart for dessert. The air smelled like a promise, all of Oxford shone like an illumination, and he was falling in love.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Every writer I know feels this way about someone else. Writing is such a solitary activity. You have no assurance that what you’re creating has any value, and any indication that you’re behind in the rat race sends you spiraling into the pits of despair. Keep your eyes on your own paper, they say. But that’s hard to do when everyone else’s papers are flapping constantly in your face.”

144. “Every writer I know feels this way about someone else. Writing is such a solitary activity. You have no assurance that what you’re creating has any value, and any indication that you’re behind in the rat race sends you spiraling into the pits of despair. Keep your eyes on your own paper, they say. But that’s hard to do when everyone else’s papers are flapping constantly in your face.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Books are meant to be touched, otherwise they’re useless.”

145. “Books are meant to be touched, otherwise they’re useless.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Still, something did not seem right, and Robin could tell from Victoire’s and Ramy’s faces that they thought so too. It took him a moment to realize what it was that grated on him, and when he did, it would bother him constantly, now and thereafter; it would seem a great paradox, the fact that after everything they had told Letty, all the pain they had shared, she was the one who needed comfort.”

146. “Still, something did not seem right, and Robin could tell from Victoire’s and Ramy’s faces that they thought so too. It took him a moment to realize what it was that grated on him, and when he did, it would bother him constantly, now and thereafter; it would seem a great paradox, the fact that after everything they had told Letty, all the pain they had shared, she was the one who needed comfort.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Awards don’t matter – at least, I am told this constantly by the people who regularly win them.”

147. “Awards don’t matter – at least, I am told this constantly by the people who regularly win them.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Ugh, so June Song came out with her non-apology, and I bet white people will be jumping over themselves to defend her. I hate this industry.”

148. “Ugh, so June Song came out with her non-apology, and I bet white people will be jumping over themselves to defend her. I hate this industry.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The anger was a shield. The anger helped her to keep from remembering what she’d done. Because as long as she was angry, then it was okay – she’d acted within reason. She was afraid that if she stopped being angry, she might crack apart.”

149. “The anger was a shield. The anger helped her to keep from remembering what she’d done. Because as long as she was angry, then it was okay – she’d acted within reason. She was afraid that if she stopped being angry, she might crack apart.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Words belonging to a legacy that now, she knew, she had no choice but to face. “Because we’ll be Cike. And the first rule of the Cike is that we cull.”

150. “Words belonging to a legacy that now, she knew, she had no choice but to face. “Because we’ll be Cike. And the first rule of the Cike is that we cull.”

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