Top 500 R.F. Kuang Quotes (2024 Update)
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R.F. Kuang Quote: “It wasn’t about surrender. It was about the long game. It was about survival.”

151. “It wasn’t about surrender. It was about the long game. It was about survival.”

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

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “This was not a world of men. It was a world of gods, a time of great powers. It was the era of divinity walking in man, of wind and water and fire. And in warfare, she who held the power asymmetry was the inevitable victor.”

153. “This was not a world of men. It was a world of gods, a time of great powers. It was the era of divinity walking in man, of wind and water and fire. And in warfare, she who held the power asymmetry was the inevitable victor.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I don’t believe in gods,” said Rin. “But I believe in power.”

154. “I don’t believe in gods,” said Rin. “But I believe in power.”

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.”

155. “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.”

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She has no illusions about what she will encounter. She knows she will face immeasurable cruelty. She knows her greatest obstacle will be cold indifference, born of a bone-deep investment in an economic system that privileges some and crushes others.”

157. “She has no illusions about what she will encounter. She knows she will face immeasurable cruelty. She knows her greatest obstacle will be cold indifference, born of a bone-deep investment in an economic system that privileges some and crushes others.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “He was like a sword that had been sharpened, metal that had been tempered.”

158. “He was like a sword that had been sharpened, metal that had been tempered.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But ideological purity is a battle cry, it’s not the stable foundation for a unified country. A nation means nothing if it can’t provide for the people in it. You have to act for their sake.”

159. “But ideological purity is a battle cry, it’s not the stable foundation for a unified country. A nation means nothing if it can’t provide for the people in it. You have to act for their sake.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “We have to die to get their pity. We have to die for them to find us noble. Our deaths are thus great acts of rebellion, a wretched lament that highlights their inhumanity. Our deaths become their battle cry. I don’t want to be their Imoinda, their Oroonoko. I don’t want to be their tragic, lovely lacquer figure. I want to live.”

160. “We have to die to get their pity. We have to die for them to find us noble. Our deaths are thus great acts of rebellion, a wretched lament that highlights their inhumanity. Our deaths become their battle cry. I don’t want to be their Imoinda, their Oroonoko. I don’t want to be their tragic, lovely lacquer figure. I want to live.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “If only one could engrave entire memories in silver, thought Robin, to be manifested again and again for years to come – not the cruel distortion of the daguerreotype, but a pure and impossible distillation of emotions and sensations.”

161. “If only one could engrave entire memories in silver, thought Robin, to be manifested again and again for years to come – not the cruel distortion of the daguerreotype, but a pure and impossible distillation of emotions and sensations.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “No one would lift a weapon. No one would fight or flee. Just this night, just this moment, they had entered a liminal space where their past and future did not matter, where they could be the children they used to be.”

162. “No one would lift a weapon. No one would fight or flee. Just this night, just this moment, they had entered a liminal space where their past and future did not matter, where they could be the children they used to be.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “His fighting technique was a study in trigonometry, a beautiful composition of trajectories and rebounded forces. He won consistently because he had perfect control of distance and torque. He had the mathematics of fighting down to a science.”

163. “His fighting technique was a study in trigonometry, a beautiful composition of trajectories and rebounded forces. He won consistently because he had perfect control of distance and torque. He had the mathematics of fighting down to a science.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Why, he wondered, did white people get so very upset when anyone disagreed with them?”

164. “Why, he wondered, did white people get so very upset when anyone disagreed with them?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Maybe no one was truly a beast. Maybe that was just how murder became possible. You took away someone’s humanity, and then you killed them.”

165. “Maybe no one was truly a beast. Maybe that was just how murder became possible. You took away someone’s humanity, and then you killed them.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Hate was a funny thing. It gnawed at her insides like poison. It made every muscle in her body tense, made her veins boil so hot she thought her head might split in half, and yet it fueled everything she did. Hate was its own kind of fire and if you had nothing else, it kept you warm.”

166. “Hate was a funny thing. It gnawed at her insides like poison. It made every muscle in her body tense, made her veins boil so hot she thought her head might split in half, and yet it fueled everything she did. Hate was its own kind of fire and if you had nothing else, it kept you warm.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “It’s hard, after all, to be friends with someone who outshines you at every turn.”

167. “It’s hard, after all, to be friends with someone who outshines you at every turn.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She was mortal after all, they’re thinking. She was just like us. And in destroying her, we create an audience; we create moral authority for ourselves.”

168. “She was mortal after all, they’re thinking. She was just like us. And in destroying her, we create an audience; we create moral authority for ourselves.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “For it was wonderful to remember that this land could still be so breathtakingly beautiful, that there was more sewn into the heart of the Twelve Provinces than blood and steel and dirt. That centuries of warfare later, this country was still a canvas for the gods, that their celestial essence still seeped through the cracks between worlds.”

169. “For it was wonderful to remember that this land could still be so breathtakingly beautiful, that there was more sewn into the heart of the Twelve Provinces than blood and steel and dirt. That centuries of warfare later, this country was still a canvas for the gods, that their celestial essence still seeped through the cracks between worlds.”

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

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Language is a resource just like gold and silver.”

171. “Language is a resource just like gold and silver.”

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.”

172. “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: “All these years trying to find a way to kill himself, and here’s someone who might actually finish the job. And somehow, paradoxically, this is the most he’s ever wanted to be alive. This is the first time in an eternity that he doesn’t feel like he’s drowning.”

173. “All these years trying to find a way to kill himself, and here’s someone who might actually finish the job. And somehow, paradoxically, this is the most he’s ever wanted to be alive. This is the first time in an eternity that he doesn’t feel like he’s drowning.”

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.”

174. “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: “In the mid-eighteenth century, Babel scholars were briefly seized by an astrology fad, and several state-of-the-art telescopes were ordered for the roof on behalf of scholars who thought they could derive useful match-pairs from the names of star signs. These efforts never yielded anything interesting, as astrology is fake, but the stargazing was pleasant.”

175. “In the mid-eighteenth century, Babel scholars were briefly seized by an astrology fad, and several state-of-the-art telescopes were ordered for the roof on behalf of scholars who thought they could derive useful match-pairs from the names of star signs. These efforts never yielded anything interesting, as astrology is fake, but the stargazing was pleasant.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Meditation felt like a massive waste of time to Rin, who was used to years of stress and constant studying. It felt wrong to be sitting so still, to have nothing occupying her mind. She could barely stand three minutes of this torture, let alone sixty. She was so terrified of the thought of not thinking that she wasn’t able to accomplish it because she kept thinking about not thinking.”

176. “Meditation felt like a massive waste of time to Rin, who was used to years of stress and constant studying. It felt wrong to be sitting so still, to have nothing occupying her mind. She could barely stand three minutes of this torture, let alone sixty. She was so terrified of the thought of not thinking that she wasn’t able to accomplish it because she kept thinking about not thinking.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Most of the accounts that participate so clearly do not care about the truth. They’re here for the entertainment. These people love to have a target, and they’ll tear apart anything you put in front of them.”

177. “Most of the accounts that participate so clearly do not care about the truth. They’re here for the entertainment. These people love to have a target, and they’ll tear apart anything you put in front of them.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She remembered the first time she’d ever laid eyes on Nezha, and then all the times thereafter. It hurt to see him. It hurt so much.”

178. “She remembered the first time she’d ever laid eyes on Nezha, and then all the times thereafter. It hurt to see him. It hurt so much.”

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.”

179. “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: “He buried his past life, not because it was so terrible but because abandoning it was the only way to survive. He pulled on his English accent like a new coat, adjusted everything he could about himself to make it fit, and, within weeks, wore it with comfort.”

180. “He buried his past life, not because it was so terrible but because abandoning it was the only way to survive. He pulled on his English accent like a new coat, adjusted everything he could about himself to make it fit, and, within weeks, wore it with comfort.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I sometimes wonder how my work would be received if I pretended to be a man, or a white woman. The text could be exactly the same, but one might be a critical bomb and the other a resounding success. Why is that?”

181. “I sometimes wonder how my work would be received if I pretended to be a man, or a white woman. The text could be exactly the same, but one might be a critical bomb and the other a resounding success. Why is that?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Every time you come up against something difficult, you just want to make it go away, and you think the way to do that is self-flagellation. You’re obsessed with punishment. But that’s not how this works, Birdie. You going to prison fixes nothing. You hanging from the gallows fixes nothing. The world’s still broken. A war’s still coming. The only way to properly make amends is to stop it, which you don’t want to do, because really what this is about is your being afraid.”

182. “Every time you come up against something difficult, you just want to make it go away, and you think the way to do that is self-flagellation. You’re obsessed with punishment. But that’s not how this works, Birdie. You going to prison fixes nothing. You hanging from the gallows fixes nothing. The world’s still broken. A war’s still coming. The only way to properly make amends is to stop it, which you don’t want to do, because really what this is about is your being afraid.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “That’s cute,” she said with as much calm as she could manage.”

183. “That’s cute,” she said with as much calm as she could manage.”

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.”

184. “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: “That’s all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they’re trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.”

185. “That’s all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they’re trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.”

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.”

186. “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: “A wildly discordant mash of gongs and war drums drowned out the lute music from the front of the parade. Merchants hawked their wares every time they turned a corner, screaming prices with the sort of urgency that she associated with evacuation warnings.”

187. “A wildly discordant mash of gongs and war drums drowned out the lute music from the front of the parade. Merchants hawked their wares every time they turned a corner, screaming prices with the sort of urgency that she associated with evacuation warnings.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “It is astounding, in truth, how much of academia’s perceived resource scarcity is artificially constructed.”

188. “It is astounding, in truth, how much of academia’s perceived resource scarcity is artificially constructed.”

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

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “You have such a great fear of freedom, brother. It’s shackling you. You’ve identified so hard with the colonizer, you think any threat to them is a threat to you. When are you going to realize you can’t be one of them?”

190. “You have such a great fear of freedom, brother. It’s shackling you. You’ve identified so hard with the colonizer, you think any threat to them is a threat to you. When are you going to realize you can’t be one of them?”

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

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “What does it matter? They’re coming, and we’re staying, and at the end of the day whoever is alive is the side that wins. War doesn’t determine who’s right. War determines who remains.”

192. “What does it matter? They’re coming, and we’re staying, and at the end of the day whoever is alive is the side that wins. War doesn’t determine who’s right. War determines who remains.”

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.”

193. “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.”

194. “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: “Writing isn’t the whole world, Junie. And there’s plenty of careers that won’t give you such constant heartbreak. That’s all I’m saying.” But writing is the whole world. How can I explain this to her?”

195. “Writing isn’t the whole world, Junie. And there’s plenty of careers that won’t give you such constant heartbreak. That’s all I’m saying.” But writing is the whole world. How can I explain this to her?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Children can be murderers... Little boys can be monsters.”

196. “Children can be murderers... Little boys can be monsters.”

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.”

197. “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: “He ploughed through before his tears could catch up. ‘I want to believe in the future we’re fighting for, but it’s not there, it’s just not there, and I can’t take things day by day when I’m too horrified by the thought of tomorrow. I’m underwater. And I’ve been underwater for so long, and I a way out, but couldn’t find one that didn’t feel like some – some great abdication of responsibility.”

198. “He ploughed through before his tears could catch up. ‘I want to believe in the future we’re fighting for, but it’s not there, it’s just not there, and I can’t take things day by day when I’m too horrified by the thought of tomorrow. I’m underwater. And I’ve been underwater for so long, and I a way out, but couldn’t find one that didn’t feel like some – some great abdication of responsibility.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “We’re here to make magic with words.”

199. “We’re here to make magic with words.”

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.”

200. “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.”

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