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R.F. Kuang Quote: “Amateurs obsess over strategy, Irjah had once told their class. Professionals obsess over logistics.”

251. “Amateurs obsess over strategy, Irjah had once told their class. Professionals obsess over logistics.”

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.”

252. “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: “But that’s not how things work, brother. This is not a penny dreadful. Real life is messy, scary, and uncertain.”

253. “But that’s not how things work, brother. This is not a penny dreadful. Real life is messy, scary, and uncertain.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “What you don’t understand,’ said Ramy, ’is how much people like you will excuse if it just means they can get tea and coffee on their breakfast tables. They don’t care, Letty. They just don’t care.”

254. “What you don’t understand,’ said Ramy, ’is how much people like you will excuse if it just means they can get tea and coffee on their breakfast tables. They don’t care, Letty. They just don’t care.”

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.”

255. “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: “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.”

256. “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’ve got quite a big family there. Don’t tell anyone, but I’m actually royalty, fourth in line to the throne – what throne? Oh, just a regional one; our political system is very complicated. But I wanted to experience a normal life – get a proper British education, you know – so I’ve left my palace for here.”

257. “I’ve got quite a big family there. Don’t tell anyone, but I’m actually royalty, fourth in line to the throne – what throne? Oh, just a regional one; our political system is very complicated. But I wanted to experience a normal life – get a proper British education, you know – so I’ve left my palace for here.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The bars were singing, shaking; trying, he thought, to express some unutterable truth about themselves, which was that translation was impossible, that the realm of pure meaning they captured and manifested would and could not ever be known, that the enterprise of this tower had been impossible from inception.”

258. “The bars were singing, shaking; trying, he thought, to express some unutterable truth about themselves, which was that translation was impossible, that the realm of pure meaning they captured and manifested would and could not ever be known, that the enterprise of this tower had been impossible from inception.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “It must be nice, possessing all the power, so that you could approach geopolitics like a chess game, popping in curiously to observe which countries deserved your aid and which didn’t.”

259. “It must be nice, possessing all the power, so that you could approach geopolitics like a chess game, popping in curiously to observe which countries deserved your aid and which didn’t.”

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?”

260. “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: “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.”

261. “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: “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.”

262. “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: “Rin forced the last parts of what was human out of her soul and gave way to her hatred. Hating was so easy. It filled a hole inside her. It let her feel something again. It felt so good.”

263. “Rin forced the last parts of what was human out of her soul and gave way to her hatred. Hating was so easy. It filled a hole inside her. It let her feel something again. It felt so good.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The Seer took his hand. Brought it to his lips and kissed it.”

264. “The Seer took his hand. Brought it to his lips and kissed it.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Heuristics will do for the unenlightened.” “You mean easy moral rules for people who are too dumb to understand why they matter.”

265. “Heuristics will do for the unenlightened.” “You mean easy moral rules for people who are too dumb to understand why they matter.”

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.”

266. “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: “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.”

267. “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: “We don’t die so much as we return to the void. We dissolve. We lose our ego. We change from being just one thing to becoming everything. Most of us, at least.”

268. “We don’t die so much as we return to the void. We dissolve. We lose our ego. We change from being just one thing to becoming everything. Most of us, at least.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The snow was lovely to observe for all of two serene minutes. Then it became nothing but a pain in the ass.”

269. “The snow was lovely to observe for all of two serene minutes. Then it became nothing but a pain in the ass.”

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.”

270. “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: “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.”

271. “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: “Follow along, feel free to have a look – books are meant to be touched, otherwise they’re useless, so don’t be nervous.”

272. “Follow along, feel free to have a look – books are meant to be touched, otherwise they’re useless, so don’t be nervous.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Then it became nothing but a pain in the ass.”

273. “Then it became nothing but a pain in the ass.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I believe in gods as a cultural reference. As metaphors. As things we refer to keep us safe because we can’t do anything else, as manifestations of our neuroses. But not as things that I truly trust are real. Not as things that hold actual consequence for the universe.”

274. “I believe in gods as a cultural reference. As metaphors. As things we refer to keep us safe because we can’t do anything else, as manifestations of our neuroses. But not as things that I truly trust are real. Not as things that hold actual consequence for the universe.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “We have one of those skin-deep friendships where you manage to spend a lot of time together without really getting to know the other person.”

275. “We have one of those skin-deep friendships where you manage to spend a lot of time together without really getting to know the other person.”

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.”

276. “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: “It was like an exercise in hope’, she said after a pause. ‘Loving her, I mean. Sometimes I’d think she’d come around. Sometimes I’d look her in the eyes and think that I was looking at a true friend. Then she’d say something, make some off-the-cuff comment, and the whole cycle would begin all over again. It was like pouring sand into a sieve. Nothing stuck.”

277. “It was like an exercise in hope’, she said after a pause. ‘Loving her, I mean. Sometimes I’d think she’d come around. Sometimes I’d look her in the eyes and think that I was looking at a true friend. Then she’d say something, make some off-the-cuff comment, and the whole cycle would begin all over again. It was like pouring sand into a sieve. Nothing stuck.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “He learned he had the Roman Catholics to thank for his favourite almond cheesecakes, for the prohibition of dairy during fast days had forced English cooks to innovate with almond milk.”

278. “He learned he had the Roman Catholics to thank for his favourite almond cheesecakes, for the prohibition of dairy during fast days had forced English cooks to innovate with almond milk.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Free trade. This was always the British line of argument – free trade, free competition, an equal playing field for all. Only it never ended up that way, did it? What ‘free trade’ really meant was British imperial dominance, for what was free about a trade that relied on a massive build-up of naval power to secure maritime access? When mere trading companies could wage war, assess taxes, and administer civil and criminal justice?”

279. “Free trade. This was always the British line of argument – free trade, free competition, an equal playing field for all. Only it never ended up that way, did it? What ‘free trade’ really meant was British imperial dominance, for what was free about a trade that relied on a massive build-up of naval power to secure maritime access? When mere trading companies could wage war, assess taxes, and administer civil and criminal justice?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Ramy, who had no choice but to stand out, had decided he might as well dazzle. He was bold to the extreme.”

280. “Ramy, who had no choice but to stand out, had decided he might as well dazzle. He was bold to the extreme.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I wonder if that’s the final, obscure part of how publishing works: if the books that become big do so because at some point everyone decided, for no good reason at all, that this would be the title of the moment.”

281. “I wonder if that’s the final, obscure part of how publishing works: if the books that become big do so because at some point everyone decided, for no good reason at all, that this would be the title of the moment.”

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.”

282. “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: “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.”

283. “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 Quote: “Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.”

284. “Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “They believe in a singular and all-powerful deity, which means they cannot accept the truth of other gods. And when nations start to believe that other beliefs lead to damnation, violence becomes inevitable.”

285. “They believe in a singular and all-powerful deity, which means they cannot accept the truth of other gods. And when nations start to believe that other beliefs lead to damnation, violence becomes inevitable.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I have a name,’ said the boy. ‘It’s – ’ ‘No, that won’t do. No Englishman can pronounce that. Did Miss Slate give you a name?”

286. “I have a name,’ said the boy. ‘It’s – ’ ‘No, that won’t do. No Englishman can pronounce that. Did Miss Slate give you a name?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The world is not a complete system; there is always an exception. No explanation for its existence; no reason why one might expect it to have existed before or to ever exist again. The world was simply unknowable; exceptions cropped up all the time, and all you had to do to beat the odds was just look.”

287. “The world is not a complete system; there is always an exception. No explanation for its existence; no reason why one might expect it to have existed before or to ever exist again. The world was simply unknowable; exceptions cropped up all the time, and all you had to do to beat the odds was just look.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Breathe for me. Can you do that? Breathe five times.” One. Two. Three. He continued to rub her back. “You just have to make it through the next five seconds. Then the next five. Then on and on.” Four. Five. And then another five. And those five, oddly enough, were just the littlest bit more bearable than the last.”

288. “Breathe for me. Can you do that? Breathe five times.” One. Two. Three. He continued to rub her back. “You just have to make it through the next five seconds. Then the next five. Then on and on.” Four. Five. And then another five. And those five, oddly enough, were just the littlest bit more bearable than the last.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “In the years to come, Robin would return so many times to this night. He was forever astonished by its mysterious alchemy, by how easily two badly socialized, restrictively raised strangers had transformed into kindred spirits in a span of minutes.”

289. “In the years to come, Robin would return so many times to this night. He was forever astonished by its mysterious alchemy, by how easily two badly socialized, restrictively raised strangers had transformed into kindred spirits in a span of minutes.”

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.”

290. “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: “We hold the secrets, and we can set whatever terms we like. That’s the beauty of being cleverer than everyone else.”

291. “We hold the secrets, and we can set whatever terms we like. That’s the beauty of being cleverer than everyone else.”

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

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I killed Cock Robin. Who saw him die?”

293. “I killed Cock Robin. Who saw him die?”

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.”

294. “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: “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.”

295. “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: “Because if she could just erase her past, then she could write herself into whoever she wanted to be in the present. Student. Scholar. Soldier. Anything except who she used to be.”

296. “Because if she could just erase her past, then she could write herself into whoever she wanted to be in the present. Student. Scholar. Soldier. Anything except who she used to be.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But Babel gave you everything.’ Letty seemed unable to move past this point. ‘You had everything you wanted, you had such privileges – ’ ‘Not enough to make us forget where we’re from.”

297. “But Babel gave you everything.’ Letty seemed unable to move past this point. ‘You had everything you wanted, you had such privileges – ’ ‘Not enough to make us forget where we’re from.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “One does not appreciate heaven until one has known hell,’ said Vimal. ‘Revelations. Or Mark. Or something like that.”

298. “One does not appreciate heaven until one has known hell,’ said Vimal. ‘Revelations. Or Mark. Or something like that.”

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

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “There would be no truce or negotiation tonight. Tonight was a borrowed grace, innocent of the future.”

300. “There would be no truce or negotiation tonight. Tonight was a borrowed grace, innocent of the future.”

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