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R.F. Kuang Quote: “When man begins to think that he is responsible for writing the script of the world, he forgets the forces that dream up our reality.”

201. “When man begins to think that he is responsible for writing the script of the world, he forgets the forces that dream up our reality.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “If you’re focused only on your enemy’s weapon, you’ll always be on the defensive. Look past the weapon to your target. Focus on what you want to kill.”

202. “If you’re focused only on your enemy’s weapon, you’ll always be on the defensive. Look past the weapon to your target. Focus on what you want to kill.”

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.”

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

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

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.”

205. “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: “But that’s the great contradiction of colonialism. It’s built to destroy that which it prizes most.”

206. “But that’s the great contradiction of colonialism. It’s built to destroy that which it prizes most.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Very good. I’ll have that sorted. In the meantime, I suggest you all calm down.’ He paused, turned around, and gave them a warm smile. After the week they’d just had, the sight of Anthony’s face in the soft candlelight made Robin want to cry with relief. ‘You’re in safe hands now. I agree it’s quite dire, but we can’t solve anything in this tunnel. You’ve done very well, and I imagine you’re quite scared, but you can relax now. The grown-ups are here.”

207. “Very good. I’ll have that sorted. In the meantime, I suggest you all calm down.’ He paused, turned around, and gave them a warm smile. After the week they’d just had, the sight of Anthony’s face in the soft candlelight made Robin want to cry with relief. ‘You’re in safe hands now. I agree it’s quite dire, but we can’t solve anything in this tunnel. You’ve done very well, and I imagine you’re quite scared, but you can relax now. The grown-ups are here.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I don’t need to impress him. I’m impressive enough as is.”

208. “I don’t need to impress him. I’m impressive enough as is.”

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?”

209. “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: “The Persian word farang, which was used to refer to Europeans, appeared to be a cognate of the English foreign. But farang actually arose from a reference to the Franks, and morphed to encompass Western Europeans.”

210. “The Persian word farang, which was used to refer to Europeans, appeared to be a cognate of the English foreign. But farang actually arose from a reference to the Franks, and morphed to encompass Western Europeans.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Languages aren’t just made of words. They’re modes of looking at the world. They’re keys to civilizations. And that’s knowledge worth killing for.”

211. “Languages aren’t just made of words. They’re modes of looking at the world. They’re keys to civilizations. And that’s knowledge worth killing for.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The word loss was inadequate. Loss just meant a lack, meant something was missing, but it did not encompass the totality of this severance, this terrifying un-anchoring from all that he’d ever known.”

212. “The word loss was inadequate. Loss just meant a lack, meant something was missing, but it did not encompass the totality of this severance, this terrifying un-anchoring from all that he’d ever known.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She’s using the pen name Juniper Song to pretend to be Chinese American. She’s taken new author photos to look more tan and ethnic, but she’s as white as they come. June Hayward, you are a thief and a liar. You’ve stolen my legacy, and now you spit on my grave.”

213. “She’s using the pen name Juniper Song to pretend to be Chinese American. She’s taken new author photos to look more tan and ethnic, but she’s as white as they come. June Hayward, you are a thief and a liar. You’ve stolen my legacy, and now you spit on my grave.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Amateurs obsessed over strategy, and professionals obsessed over logistics.”

214. “Amateurs obsessed over strategy, and professionals obsessed over logistics.”

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

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

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.”

216. “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: “Praise meant that she had finally, finally received validation that she was not nothing. She could be brilliant, could be worth someone’s attention. She adored praise – craved it, needed it, and realized she found relief only when she finally had it.”

217. “Praise meant that she had finally, finally received validation that she was not nothing. She could be brilliant, could be worth someone’s attention. She adored praise – craved it, needed it, and realized she found relief only when she finally had it.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I’ll show you all one last blow,” Kureel announced as the session drew to a close. “This is the only kick you’ll ever need, really. A kick to bring down the most powerful warriors.” Jeeha blinked in confusion. He turned his head to ask her what she meant. And Kureel raised her knee and jammed the ball of her foot into Jeeha’s groin.”

218. “I’ll show you all one last blow,” Kureel announced as the session drew to a close. “This is the only kick you’ll ever need, really. A kick to bring down the most powerful warriors.” Jeeha blinked in confusion. He turned his head to ask her what she meant. And Kureel raised her knee and jammed the ball of her foot into Jeeha’s groin.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “War didn’t end, not so cleanly – it just kept building up in little hurts that piled on one another until they exploded afresh into raw new wounds.”

219. “War didn’t end, not so cleanly – it just kept building up in little hurts that piled on one another until they exploded afresh into raw new wounds.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “It hurt too much to consider the truth. It was so much easier to pretend; to keep spinning the fantasy for as long as they could.”

220. “It hurt too much to consider the truth. It was so much easier to pretend; to keep spinning the fantasy for as long as they could.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Why do we think it’s inevitable? Why doesn’t Man Friday ever get himself a rifle, or slit Robinson Crusoe’s neck in the night? The problem is that we’re always living like we’ve lost. We’re all living like you. We see their guns, their silver-work, and their ships, and we think it’s already over for us. We don’t stop to consider how even the playing field actually might be. And we never consider what things would look like if we took the gun.”

221. “Why do we think it’s inevitable? Why doesn’t Man Friday ever get himself a rifle, or slit Robinson Crusoe’s neck in the night? The problem is that we’re always living like we’ve lost. We’re all living like you. We see their guns, their silver-work, and their ships, and we think it’s already over for us. We don’t stop to consider how even the playing field actually might be. And we never consider what things would look like if we took the gun.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But Twitter is real life; it’s realer than real life, because that is the realm that the social economy of publishing exists on, because the industry has no alternative.”

222. “But Twitter is real life; it’s realer than real life, because that is the realm that the social economy of publishing exists on, because the industry has no alternative.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Two wrongs don’t make a right, obviously, but the internet is very bad at recognizing this.”

223. “Two wrongs don’t make a right, obviously, but the internet is very bad at recognizing this.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The British are turning my homeland into a narco-military state to pump drugs into yours. That’s how this empire connects us.”

224. “The British are turning my homeland into a narco-military state to pump drugs into yours. That’s how this empire connects us.”

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

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Shamans should know when to resist the power of the gods. That is wisdom. But rulers should do everything in their power to save their country. That is responsibility. 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.”

226. “Shamans should know when to resist the power of the gods. That is wisdom. But rulers should do everything in their power to save their country. That is responsibility. 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.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Anger was a chokehold. Anger did not empower you. It sat on your chest; it squeezed your ribs until you felt trapped, suffocated, out of options. Anger simmered, then exploded. Anger was constriction, and the consequent rage a desperate attempt to breathe.”

227. “Anger was a chokehold. Anger did not empower you. It sat on your chest; it squeezed your ribs until you felt trapped, suffocated, out of options. Anger simmered, then exploded. Anger was constriction, and the consequent rage a desperate attempt to breathe.”

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?”

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

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Theirs was a bond forged from necessity, hurt, and a shared, intimate understanding of hell.”

230. “Theirs was a bond forged from necessity, hurt, and a shared, intimate understanding of hell.”

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

231. “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.”

232. “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: “But this was going to happen every month. Every gods-damned month her uterus would tear itself to pieces, send flashes of rage throughout her entire body, and make her bloated, clumsy, and light-headed, and worst of all, weak.”

233. “But this was going to happen every month. Every gods-damned month her uterus would tear itself to pieces, send flashes of rage throughout her entire body, and make her bloated, clumsy, and light-headed, and worst of all, weak.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Balderdash,’ he would drawl slowly, ‘is a word which used to refer to the cursed concoction created by bartenders when they’d nearly run out of every drink at the end of the night. Ale, wine, cider, milk – they’d dump it all in and hope their patrons wouldn’t mind, since after all the goal was simply to get drunk.”

234. “Balderdash,’ he would drawl slowly, ‘is a word which used to refer to the cursed concoction created by bartenders when they’d nearly run out of every drink at the end of the night. Ale, wine, cider, milk – they’d dump it all in and hope their patrons wouldn’t mind, since after all the goal was simply to get drunk.”

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.”

235. “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: “Our world is a dream of the gods. Maybe they have other dreams. But all we have is this story unfolding, and in the script of this world, nothing’s going to bring Altan back to life.”

236. “Our world is a dream of the gods. Maybe they have other dreams. But all we have is this story unfolding, and in the script of this world, nothing’s going to bring Altan back to life.”

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

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The matches aren’t about winning, they’re about demonstrating new techniques. What are you going to do, light up in front of the entire student body?”

238. “The matches aren’t about winning, they’re about demonstrating new techniques. What are you going to do, light up in front of the entire student body?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Etymology is detective work across centuries, and it’s devilishly hard work, like finding a needle in a haystack.”

239. “Etymology is detective work across centuries, and it’s devilishly hard work, like finding a needle in a haystack.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Two hours in the cab brought them to a village called Hampstead several miles north of London proper, where Professor Lovell owned a four-storey house made of pale red brick and white stucco, surrounded by a generous swath of neat green shrubbery.”

240. “Two hours in the cab brought them to a village called Hampstead several miles north of London proper, where Professor Lovell owned a four-storey house made of pale red brick and white stucco, surrounded by a generous swath of neat green shrubbery.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “He loves her laugh; that sharp, sudden sound; the cynical laugh that always comes too quick, like it’s ripped out of her. He loves her quick, confident grin. He loves her resilience, her bravery, even her impulsiveness. She’s everything he’s not: unbound, reckless, free. He’s never known anyone like her. She terrifies him, and he loves her so much it hurts.”

241. “He loves her laugh; that sharp, sudden sound; the cynical laugh that always comes too quick, like it’s ripped out of her. He loves her quick, confident grin. He loves her resilience, her bravery, even her impulsiveness. She’s everything he’s not: unbound, reckless, free. He’s never known anyone like her. She terrifies him, and he loves her so much it hurts.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “They had a god to kill. A world to reshape. An Empress to overthrow.”

242. “They had a god to kill. A world to reshape. An Empress to overthrow.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “London was voracious, was growing fat on its spoils and still, somehow, starved.”

243. “London was voracious, was growing fat on its spoils and still, somehow, starved.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “How slender, how fragile, the foundations of an empire. Take away the centre, and what’s left? A gasping periphery, baseless, powerless, cut down at the roots.”

244. “How slender, how fragile, the foundations of an empire. Take away the centre, and what’s left? A gasping periphery, baseless, powerless, cut down at the roots.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “If you sanction it, you’ll horrify them. If you denounce it, they’ll resent you. But if you keep quiet, you get plausible deniability.”

245. “If you sanction it, you’ll horrify them. If you denounce it, they’ll resent you. But if you keep quiet, you get plausible deniability.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “If nothing lasted and the world did not exist, all that meant was that reality was not fixed. The illusion she lived in was fluid and mutable, and could be easily altered by someone willing to rewrite the script of reality.”

246. “If nothing lasted and the world did not exist, all that meant was that reality was not fixed. The illusion she lived in was fluid and mutable, and could be easily altered by someone willing to rewrite the script of reality.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “This is a test, and Rin is failing, and his heart is breaking.”

247. “This is a test, and Rin is failing, and his heart is breaking.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But the best revenge is to thrive.”

248. “But the best revenge is to thrive.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “It’s hard for me to really feel sorry for Geoff. This is, after all, the same man who once threatened to leak nudes of Athena on Reddit if she didn’t back him up against a Locus reviewer.”

249. “It’s hard for me to really feel sorry for Geoff. This is, after all, the same man who once threatened to leak nudes of Athena on Reddit if she didn’t back him up against a Locus reviewer.”

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.”

250. “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.”

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