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R.F. Kuang Quote: “This was a failure of nerve. A refusal to push things to the limit. Violence was the only thing that brought the colonizer to the table; violence was the only option. The gun was right there, lying on the table, waiting for them to pick it up. Why were they so afraid to even look at it?”

101. “This was a failure of nerve. A refusal to push things to the limit. Violence was the only thing that brought the colonizer to the table; violence was the only option. The gun was right there, lying on the table, waiting for them to pick it up. Why were they so afraid to even look at it?”

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.”

102. “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: “You humans always think you’re destined for things, for tragedy or for greatness. Destiny is a myth. Destiny is the only myth. The gods choose nothing. You chose.”

103. “You humans always think you’re destined for things, for tragedy or for greatness. Destiny is a myth. Destiny is the only myth. The gods choose nothing. You chose.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She’s the only divine thing he’s ever believed in. The only creature in this vast, cruel land who could kill him. And sometimes, in his loveliest dreams, he imagines she does.”

104. “She’s the only divine thing he’s ever believed in. The only creature in this vast, cruel land who could kill him. And sometimes, in his loveliest dreams, he imagines she does.”

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: “But the future, vague as it was frightening, was easily ignored for now; it paled so against the brilliance of the present.”

106. “But the future, vague as it was frightening, was easily ignored for now; it paled so against the brilliance of the present.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Let them hate, so long as they fear.”

107. “Let them hate, so long as they fear.”

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: “It were too much to expect that they will not require a further demonstration of force on a larger scale before being brought to their senses.”

109. “It were too much to expect that they will not require a further demonstration of force on a larger scale before being brought to their senses.”

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.”

110. “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: “I have seen the end of things,” he said. “The shape of the world has changed. The gods now walk in men as they have not for a long, long time. Tyr will not return. The Bizarre Children answer to you now, and you alone.”

111. “I have seen the end of things,” he said. “The shape of the world has changed. The gods now walk in men as they have not for a long, long time. Tyr will not return. The Bizarre Children answer to you now, and you alone.”

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.”

112. “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: “She had been granted a power beyond imagination. She had the strength of their ancestors. She held within her every Speerly who had died on that terrible day, and every Speerly who had ever lived on the Dead Island. They were the Phoenix’s chosen people. The Phoenix thrived on anger, and Rin possessed that in abundance.”

113. “She had been granted a power beyond imagination. She had the strength of their ancestors. She held within her every Speerly who had died on that terrible day, and every Speerly who had ever lived on the Dead Island. They were the Phoenix’s chosen people. The Phoenix thrived on anger, and Rin possessed that in abundance.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She terrifies him, and he loves her so much it hurts.”

114. “She terrifies him, and he loves her so much it hurts.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “If you hold the fate of the country in your hands, if you have accepted your obligation to your people, then your life ceases to be your own. Once you accept the title of ruler, your choices are made for you.”

115. “If you hold the fate of the country in your hands, if you have accepted your obligation to your people, then your life ceases to be your own. Once you accept the title of ruler, your choices are made for you.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Translation involves a spatial dimension – a literal transportation of texts across conquered territory, words delivered likes spices from an alien land. Words mean something quite different when they journey from the palaces of Rome to the tea-rooms of today’s Britain.”

116. “Translation involves a spatial dimension – a literal transportation of texts across conquered territory, words delivered likes spices from an alien land. Words mean something quite different when they journey from the palaces of Rome to the tea-rooms of today’s Britain.”

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.”

117. “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: “Because you’re part of it. Because you exist. And unless you want to only ever be a tiny modicum of existence that doesn’t understand its relation to the grander web of things, you will explore.” “Why should I?” “Because I know you want power.” He tapped her forehead again. “But how can you borrow power from the gods when you don’t understand what they are?”

118. “Because you’re part of it. Because you exist. And unless you want to only ever be a tiny modicum of existence that doesn’t understand its relation to the grander web of things, you will explore.” “Why should I?” “Because I know you want power.” He tapped her forehead again. “But how can you borrow power from the gods when you don’t understand what they are?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “It seemed so unfair. No, it seemed impossible that Ramy could just leave this world so abruptly, that he could be so alive one moment and so still the next. It seemed to defy the laws of physics that Ramiz Rafi Mirza could be silenced by something so tiny as a bullet.”

119. “It seemed so unfair. No, it seemed impossible that Ramy could just leave this world so abruptly, that he could be so alive one moment and so still the next. It seemed to defy the laws of physics that Ramiz Rafi Mirza could be silenced by something so tiny as a bullet.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “War was not a game, where one fought for honor and admiration, where masters would keep her from sustaining any real harm. War was a nightmare.”

120. “War was not a game, where one fought for honor and admiration, where masters would keep her from sustaining any real harm. War was a nightmare.”

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

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

122. “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: “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.”

123. “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: “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.”

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

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

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.”

126. “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: “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.”

127. “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: “Rin could not understand how the Federation had found so many different ways to inflict suffering. But each corner they turned revealed another instance in the string of horrors, barbarian savagery matched only by inventiveness.”

128. “Rin could not understand how the Federation had found so many different ways to inflict suffering. But each corner they turned revealed another instance in the string of horrors, barbarian savagery matched only by inventiveness.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “They were all suffering the same unspoken, private fear, a creeping dread that this strike might do nothing but damn themselves, and that their cries would go unheard into the unforgiving dark.”

129. “They were all suffering the same unspoken, private fear, a creeping dread that this strike might do nothing but damn themselves, and that their cries would go unheard into the unforgiving dark.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hurts too much.”

130. “Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hurts too much.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Great danger is always associated with great power. The difference between the great and the mediocre is that the great are willing to take the risk.”

131. “Great danger is always associated with great power. The difference between the great and the mediocre is that the great are willing to take the risk.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But never forget the audacity of what you are attempting. Never forget that you are defying a curse laid by God.”

132. “But never forget the audacity of what you are attempting. Never forget that you are defying a curse laid by God.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “You’re lost, brother. You’re a ship adrift, searching for familiar shores. I understand what it is you want. I sought it too. But there is no homeland. It’s gone.” He paused beside Robin on his way to the door. His fingers landed on Robin’s shoulder, squeezed so hard they hurt. “But realize this, brother. You fly no one’s flag. You’re free to seek your own harbour. And you can do so much more than tread water.”

133. “You’re lost, brother. You’re a ship adrift, searching for familiar shores. I understand what it is you want. I sought it too. But there is no homeland. It’s gone.” He paused beside Robin on his way to the door. His fingers landed on Robin’s shoulder, squeezed so hard they hurt. “But realize this, brother. You fly no one’s flag. You’re free to seek your own harbour. And you can do so much more than tread water.”

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

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “There was no innate, perfectly comprehensible language; there was no candidate, not English, not French, that could bully and absorb enough to become one. 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.”

135. “There was no innate, perfectly comprehensible language; there was no candidate, not English, not French, that could bully and absorb enough to become one. 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: “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?”

136. “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: “Let them think of us as dirt, Rin thought. She was dirt. Her army was dirt. But dirt was common, ubiquitous, and patient, and necessary. The soil gave life to the country. And the earth always reclaimed what it was owed.”

137. “Let them think of us as dirt, Rin thought. She was dirt. Her army was dirt. But dirt was common, ubiquitous, and patient, and necessary. The soil gave life to the country. And the earth always reclaimed what it was owed.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “How did you explain to a child the idea of gravity, until they knew what it meant to fall?”

138. “How did you explain to a child the idea of gravity, until they knew what it meant to fall?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Victory is not assured. Victory may be in the portents, but it must be urged there by violence, by suffering, by martyrs, by blood. Victory is wrought by ingenuity, persistence, and sacrifice. Victory is a game of inches, of historical contingencies where everything goes right because they have made it go right.”

139. “Victory is not assured. Victory may be in the portents, but it must be urged there by violence, by suffering, by martyrs, by blood. Victory is wrought by ingenuity, persistence, and sacrifice. Victory is a game of inches, of historical contingencies where everything goes right because they have made it go right.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Your kind has been treated as slaves for so long that you’ve forgotten what it is like to be free. You’re easily angered, and you latch quickly onto things – opium, people, ideas – that soothe your pain, even temporarily. And that makes you terribly easy to manipulate.”

140. “Your kind has been treated as slaves for so long that you’ve forgotten what it is like to be free. You’re easily angered, and you latch quickly onto things – opium, people, ideas – that soothe your pain, even temporarily. And that makes you terribly easy to manipulate.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “At Sinegard, Strategy Master Irjah had taught them once that during the heat of battle, they should regard their opponents as objects, abstract and disparate parts and not the sum, because that would make it easier to plunge a blade into a pumping heart. But maybe if you looked at someone as not an object but an animal, you could not only commit the murder without flinching, you could let yourself take some pleasure in it. Then it felt good, the same way kicking down anthills felt good.”

141. “At Sinegard, Strategy Master Irjah had taught them once that during the heat of battle, they should regard their opponents as objects, abstract and disparate parts and not the sum, because that would make it easier to plunge a blade into a pumping heart. But maybe if you looked at someone as not an object but an animal, you could not only commit the murder without flinching, you could let yourself take some pleasure in it. Then it felt good, the same way kicking down anthills felt good.”

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.”

142. “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.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “You will die thinking I have abandoned you all. But I do not hesitate to say that I value the lives of my people far more than I have ever valued you.”

143. “You will die thinking I have abandoned you all. But I do not hesitate to say that I value the lives of my people far more than I have ever valued you.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Rin was so tired of having to prove her humanity.”

144. “Rin was so tired of having to prove her humanity.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Destiny is a myth. Destiny is the only myth. The gods choose nothing. You chose.”

145. “Destiny is a myth. Destiny is the only myth. The gods choose nothing. You chose.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Tonight was a borrowed grace, innocent of the future. They sat in miserable and desperate silence, wishing and regretting while the bloody moon traced its ponderous path across the sky.”

146. “Tonight was a borrowed grace, innocent of the future. They sat in miserable and desperate silence, wishing and regretting while the bloody moon traced its ponderous path across the sky.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “What more can we want as writers than such immortality? Don’t ghosts just want to be remembered?”

147. “What more can we want as writers than such immortality? Don’t ghosts just want to be remembered?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Oxford was Anglicanism was Christianity, which meant blood, flesh, and dirt.”

148. “Oxford was Anglicanism was Christianity, which meant blood, flesh, and dirt.”

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.”

149. “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: “A lie was not a lie if it was never uttered; questions that were never asked did not need answers.”

150. “A lie was not a lie if it was never uttered; questions that were never asked did not need answers.”

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