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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.”

301. “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: “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.”

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

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “How could she compare the lives lost? One genocide against another – how did they balance on the scale of justice? And who was she, to imagine that she could make that comparison?”

304. “How could she compare the lives lost? One genocide against another – how did they balance on the scale of justice? And who was she, to imagine that she could make that comparison?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “We’ve actually figured out the key to the transformation of a thing. It’s not in the material substance. It’s in the name.”

305. “We’ve actually figured out the key to the transformation of a thing. It’s not in the material substance. It’s in the name.”

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.”

306. “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: “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?”

307. “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.”

308. “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.”

309. “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.”

310. “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.”

311. “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: “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?”

312. “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: “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.”

313. “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.”

314. “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.”

315. “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.”

316. “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?”

317. “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.”

318. “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.”

319. “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.”

320. “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.”

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

322. “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.”

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

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

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “There is no historical precedent for this. The juncture is shot. History, for once, is fluid.”

325. “There is no historical precedent for this. The juncture is shot. History, for once, is fluid.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The Germans have this lovely word, Sitzfleisch,’ Professor Playfair said pleasantly when Ramy protested that they had over forty hours of reading a week. ‘Translated literally, it means “sitting meat”. Which all goes to say, sometimes you need simply to sit on your bottom and get things done.”

326. “The Germans have this lovely word, Sitzfleisch,’ Professor Playfair said pleasantly when Ramy protested that they had over forty hours of reading a week. ‘Translated literally, it means “sitting meat”. Which all goes to say, sometimes you need simply to sit on your bottom and get things done.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Inside, the heady wood-dust smell of freshly printed books was overwhelming. If tobacco smelled like this, Robin thought, he’d huff it every day. He stepped toward the closest shelf, hand lifted tentatively towards the books on display, too afraid to touch them – they seemed so new and crisp, their spines were uncracked, their pages smooth and bright.”

327. “Inside, the heady wood-dust smell of freshly printed books was overwhelming. If tobacco smelled like this, Robin thought, he’d huff it every day. He stepped toward the closest shelf, hand lifted tentatively towards the books on display, too afraid to touch them – they seemed so new and crisp, their spines were uncracked, their pages smooth and bright.”

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.”

328. “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: “She couldn’t show that pain to anyone else until she’d perfected the way she wanted to tell it, until she had complete control over the narrative.”

329. “She couldn’t show that pain to anyone else until she’d perfected the way she wanted to tell it, until she had complete control over the narrative.”

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

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The gods do not want anything. The gods merely exist. We cannot help what we are; we are pure essence, pure element. You humans inflict everything on yourselves, and then blame us afterward. Every calamity has been man-made. We do not force you to do anything. We have only ever helped.”

331. “The gods do not want anything. The gods merely exist. We cannot help what we are; we are pure essence, pure element. You humans inflict everything on yourselves, and then blame us afterward. Every calamity has been man-made. We do not force you to do anything. We have only ever helped.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Violence shocks the system. And the system cannot survive the shock. You have no idea what you’re capable of, truly. You can’t imagine hot the world might shift unless you pull the trigger.”

332. “Violence shocks the system. And the system cannot survive the shock. You have no idea what you’re capable of, truly. You can’t imagine hot the world might shift unless you pull the trigger.”

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.”

333. “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: “Your country is ash. You can’t bring it back with blood.”

334. “Your country is ash. You can’t bring it back with blood.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “History isn’t a premade tapestry that we’ve got to suffer, a closed world with no exit. We can form it. Make it.”

335. “History isn’t a premade tapestry that we’ve got to suffer, a closed world with no exit. We can form it. Make it.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I will take my fugue state of delirious panic and compost it into a fertile bed of creativity – for aren’t all the best novels borne from some madness, which is borne from truth?”

336. “I will take my fugue state of delirious panic and compost it into a fertile bed of creativity – for aren’t all the best novels borne from some madness, which is borne from truth?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Isn’t that funny?’ Ramy glanced sideways at him. ‘The British are turning my homeland into a narco-military state to pump drugs into yours. That’s how this empire connects us.”

337. “Isn’t that funny?’ Ramy glanced sideways at him. ‘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: “Recalling Professor Lovell’s words, he tried very hard to live exclusively in English. When thoughts popped up in Chinese, he quashed them.”

338. “Recalling Professor Lovell’s words, he tried very hard to live exclusively in English. When thoughts popped up in Chinese, he quashed them.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The wealth of Britain depends on coercive extraction. And as Britain grows, only two options remain: either her mechanisms of coercion become vastly more brutal, or she collapses. The former’s more likely. But it might bring about the latter.”

339. “The wealth of Britain depends on coercive extraction. And as Britain grows, only two options remain: either her mechanisms of coercion become vastly more brutal, or she collapses. The former’s more likely. But it might bring about the latter.”

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.”

340. “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: “He learned that being English was not the same as being British, though he was still hard-pressed to articulate the difference between the two.”

341. “He learned that being English was not the same as being British, though he was still hard-pressed to articulate the difference between the two.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “And once you’ve turned your world to ash, you’ll wish you could die.”

342. “And once you’ve turned your world to ash, you’ll wish you could die.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She suspected that he, too, wanted to suspend reality and break the rules, to ignore the fact that they were about to part forever and just share these last jugs of wine.”

343. “She suspected that he, too, wanted to suspend reality and break the rules, to ignore the fact that they were about to part forever and just share these last jugs of wine.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Don’t think about absolutes, think about the details. Every day, every hour that you can maintain an information asymmetry, you do it.”

344. “Don’t think about absolutes, think about the details. Every day, every hour that you can maintain an information asymmetry, you do it.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “They burned for someone else’s war, someone else’s wrongs; someone they had never met had made the decision they should die, so in their last moments they would have had no idea why their skin was scorching off.”

345. “They burned for someone else’s war, someone else’s wrongs; someone they had never met had made the decision they should die, so in their last moments they would have had no idea why their skin was scorching off.”

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.”

346. “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: “I don’t have yellow fever. I’m not one of those creepy dudes who write exclusively about Japanese folklore and wear kimonos and pronounce every loan word from Asian languages with a deliberate, constructed accent. Matcha. Otaku. I’m not obsessed with stealing Asian culture – I mean, before The Last Front, I had no interest in modern Chinese history whatsoever.”

347. “I don’t have yellow fever. I’m not one of those creepy dudes who write exclusively about Japanese folklore and wear kimonos and pronounce every loan word from Asian languages with a deliberate, constructed accent. Matcha. Otaku. I’m not obsessed with stealing Asian culture – I mean, before The Last Front, I had no interest in modern Chinese history whatsoever.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “So what does that tell you, Birdie? If they’re going to tell stories about you, use it to your advantage. The English are never going to think I’m posh, but if I fit into their fantasy, then they’ll at least think I’m royalty.”

348. “So what does that tell you, Birdie? If they’re going to tell stories about you, use it to your advantage. The English are never going to think I’m posh, but if I fit into their fantasy, then they’ll at least think I’m royalty.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The gods were simply those beings that inhabited that space, forces of creation and destruction, love and hatred, nurturing and neglect, light and dark, cold and warm... they opposed one another and complemented one another; they were fundamental truths.”

349. “The gods were simply those beings that inhabited that space, forces of creation and destruction, love and hatred, nurturing and neglect, light and dark, cold and warm... they opposed one another and complemented one another; they were fundamental truths.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Nezha reached for her shoulder. “Meimei. Come on.” Meimei. Little sister.”

350. “Nezha reached for her shoulder. “Meimei. Come on.” Meimei. Little sister.”

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