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R.F. Kuang Quote: “The great empires of the waking world were driven so mad by what they had forgotten that they decided to slaughter the only people who could still dream.”

401. “The great empires of the waking world were driven so mad by what they had forgotten that they decided to slaughter the only people who could still dream.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But the answer was obvious- that they were all four of them drowning in the unfamiliar, and they saw in each other a raft, and clinging to one another was the only way to stay afloat.”

402. “But the answer was obvious- that they were all four of them drowning in the unfamiliar, and they saw in each other a raft, and clinging to one another was the only way to stay afloat.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I just can’t write on a screen,” she’s told me. “I have to see it printed. Something about the reassuring solidity of the word. It feels permanent, like everything I compose has weight. It ties me down, it clarifies my thoughts and forces me to be specific.”

403. “I just can’t write on a screen,” she’s told me. “I have to see it printed. Something about the reassuring solidity of the word. It feels permanent, like everything I compose has weight. It ties me down, it clarifies my thoughts and forces me to be specific.”

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.”

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

405. “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: “It’s like pressing a bleeding sore repeatedly, trying to see how far you can go with your tolerance for pain, because if you know the limits of it, you gain some sense of control over it.”

406. “It’s like pressing a bleeding sore repeatedly, trying to see how far you can go with your tolerance for pain, because if you know the limits of it, you gain some sense of control over it.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “He could read the language better than he spoke it. Ever since the boy turned four, he had received a large parcel twice a year filled entirely with books written in English. The return address was a residence in Hampstead just outside London – a place Miss Betty seemed unfamiliar with, and which the boy of course knew nothing about.”

407. “He could read the language better than he spoke it. Ever since the boy turned four, he had received a large parcel twice a year filled entirely with books written in English. The return address was a residence in Hampstead just outside London – a place Miss Betty seemed unfamiliar with, and which the boy of course knew nothing about.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “A lie was not a lie if it was never uttered; questions that were never asked did not need answers. They would both remain perfectly content to linger in the liminal, endless space between truth and denial.”

408. “A lie was not a lie if it was never uttered; questions that were never asked did not need answers. They would both remain perfectly content to linger in the liminal, endless space between truth and denial.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “They would take back the south with sheer numbers. The Mugenese and the Republic were strong, but the south was many. And if southerners were dirt like all the legends said, then they would crush their enemies with the overwhelming force of the earth until they could only dream of breathing. They would bury them with their bodies. They would drown them in their blood.”

409. “They would take back the south with sheer numbers. The Mugenese and the Republic were strong, but the south was many. And if southerners were dirt like all the legends said, then they would crush their enemies with the overwhelming force of the earth until they could only dream of breathing. They would bury them with their bodies. They would drown them in their blood.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Call off your men, or I will summon into existence things that should not be in this world.”

410. “Call off your men, or I will summon into existence things that should not be in this world.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “None of that mattered anymore. They weren’t stupid little girls anymore. They weren’t students anymore. War had transformed them both into wholly unimaginable creatures, and their relationship had transformed with them.”

411. “None of that mattered anymore. They weren’t stupid little girls anymore. They weren’t students anymore. War had transformed them both into wholly unimaginable creatures, and their relationship had transformed with them.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The national quest to modernize and mobilize entails a faith in one’s ability to control world order, and when that happens, you lose your connection with the gods. 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.”

412. “The national quest to modernize and mobilize entails a faith in one’s ability to control world order, and when that happens, you lose your connection with the gods. 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: “She wanted to forget everything, to forget the war, to forget her gods. It was enough to simply be, to know that her friends were alive and that the entire world was not so dark after all.”

413. “She wanted to forget everything, to forget the war, to forget her gods. It was enough to simply be, to know that her friends were alive and that the entire world was not so dark after all.”

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.”

414. “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.”

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

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Reading should be an enjoyable experience, not a chore.”

416. “Reading should be an enjoyable experience, not a chore.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She was a goddess. She was a monster. She‘d nearly destroyed this country. And then she‘d given it one last, gasping chance to live.”

417. “She was a goddess. She was a monster. She‘d nearly destroyed this country. And then she‘d given it one last, gasping chance to live.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She’d been so stupid to once think that if she ended the Federation then she’d ended the hurting. 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.”

418. “She’d been so stupid to once think that if she ended the Federation then she’d ended the hurting. 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: “But theirs had always been a broken country. It had never been unified, not truly; it had only ever been held tightly together by steel and blood, a facade of internal unity, while factions always threated to split from within. Rin had forced those tensions to the surface, and then to their breaking point. She’d forced the Nikara to confront the greatest lie it had ever told about itself – that there had been a united Nikara Empire at all.”

419. “But theirs had always been a broken country. It had never been unified, not truly; it had only ever been held tightly together by steel and blood, a facade of internal unity, while factions always threated to split from within. Rin had forced those tensions to the surface, and then to their breaking point. She’d forced the Nikara to confront the greatest lie it had ever told about itself – that there had been a united Nikara Empire at all.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The Keju is a ruse to keep uneducated peasants right where they’ve always been. You slip past the Keju, they’ll find a way to expel you anyway. The Keju keeps the lower classes sedated. It keeps us dreaming. It’s not a ladder for mobility; it’s a way to keep people like me exactly where they were born.”

420. “The Keju is a ruse to keep uneducated peasants right where they’ve always been. You slip past the Keju, they’ll find a way to expel you anyway. The Keju keeps the lower classes sedated. It keeps us dreaming. It’s not a ladder for mobility; it’s a way to keep people like me exactly where they were born.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Your patriotism is a farce. You dress up your crusade with moral arguments, when in truth you would let millions die if it means you get your so-called justice.”

421. “Your patriotism is a farce. You dress up your crusade with moral arguments, when in truth you would let millions die if it means you get your so-called justice.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Martial arts is no more complicated than pure physics. If that confuses you, then simply take the advice of the grand masters. Don’t ask questions. Just obey.”

422. “Martial arts is no more complicated than pure physics. If that confuses you, then simply take the advice of the grand masters. Don’t ask questions. Just obey.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “They want to erase us. It’s their divine mandate. They want to make us better, to improve us, by turning us into a mirror of themselves.”

423. “They want to erase us. It’s their divine mandate. They want to make us better, to improve us, by turning us into a mirror of themselves.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “It was like tunnelling into the crevasses of his own mind, peeling things apart to see how they worked, and it both intrigued and unsettled him.”

424. “It was like tunnelling into the crevasses of his own mind, peeling things apart to see how they worked, and it both intrigued and unsettled him.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Don’t take that tone with me.”

425. “Don’t take that tone with me.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Is the tower – ’ ‘Larger on the inside than it seems on the outside?’ Anthony asked. ‘Indeed.’ Robin had not noticed this at first, but now felt disoriented by the contradiction. Babel’s exterior was massive, but it still did not appear tall enough to admit the high ceilings and towering shelves of each interior floor. ‘It’s a pretty trick of silver-working, though I’m not sure of the match-pair involved. It’s been like this since I got here; we take it for granted.”

426. “Is the tower – ’ ‘Larger on the inside than it seems on the outside?’ Anthony asked. ‘Indeed.’ Robin had not noticed this at first, but now felt disoriented by the contradiction. Babel’s exterior was massive, but it still did not appear tall enough to admit the high ceilings and towering shelves of each interior floor. ‘It’s a pretty trick of silver-working, though I’m not sure of the match-pair involved. It’s been like this since I got here; we take it for granted.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “He’s a weird one,” Baji said cheerfully, turning back to Rin. “He’s an initiate of a minor river god. Far more committed to his religion than the rest of us.” “Which god do you summon?” “The god of pigs.”

427. “He’s a weird one,” Baji said cheerfully, turning back to Rin. “He’s an initiate of a minor river god. Far more committed to his religion than the rest of us.” “Which god do you summon?” “The god of pigs.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “If this organizational competence strikes one as surprising, remember that both Babel and the British government made a great mistake in assuming all antisilver movements of the century were spontaneous riots carried out by uneducated, discontented lowlifes.”

428. “If this organizational competence strikes one as surprising, remember that both Babel and the British government made a great mistake in assuming all antisilver movements of the century were spontaneous riots carried out by uneducated, discontented lowlifes.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “What’s the worst that could happen?” “You’re so young,” he said softly. “You have no idea.”

429. “What’s the worst that could happen?” “You’re so young,” he said softly. “You have no idea.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The feminine was an idea that existed in theory, the stuff of novels or a rare phenomenon to be glimpsed from across the street.”

430. “The feminine was an idea that existed in theory, the stuff of novels or a rare phenomenon to be glimpsed from across the street.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Darling, people pay you less attention when you don’t leave a trail of bodies in your wake.”

431. “Darling, people pay you less attention when you don’t leave a trail of bodies in your wake.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “You overestimate the Empire. Think of martial arts. Why were you able to defeat your classmates in the trial? Because they learned a version that is watered down, distilled and packaged for convenience. The same is true of their religion.”

432. “You overestimate the Empire. Think of martial arts. Why were you able to defeat your classmates in the trial? Because they learned a version that is watered down, distilled and packaged for convenience. The same is true of their religion.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She was all of herself. She was whole, intact.”

433. “She was all of herself. She was whole, intact.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But she didn’t want to be strong. Because if she were strong then she would be sober, and if she were sober she would have to consider the consequences of her actions. Then she’d have to look into the chasm.”

434. “But she didn’t want to be strong. Because if she were strong then she would be sober, and if she were sober she would have to consider the consequences of her actions. Then she’d have to look into the chasm.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “You have an ability that can begin or end wars. You could launch this Empire into a glorious new and united age, and you could also destroy us. What you don’t get to do is remain neutral. When you have the power that you do, your life is not your own.”

435. “You have an ability that can begin or end wars. You could launch this Empire into a glorious new and united age, and you could also destroy us. What you don’t get to do is remain neutral. When you have the power that you do, your life is not your own.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “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.”

436. “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: “He could not exist a split man, his psyche constantly erasing and re-erasing the truth.”

437. “He could not exist a split man, his psyche constantly erasing and re-erasing the truth.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But I need to survive this, somehow. And the truth would destroy me. So I simply must continue to live with this ghost, to grow accustomed to her face lingering on the backs of my eyelids. We must find some other equilibrium of coexistence that does not involve my giving her the only thing she wants.”

438. “But I need to survive this, somehow. And the truth would destroy me. So I simply must continue to live with this ghost, to grow accustomed to her face lingering on the backs of my eyelids. We must find some other equilibrium of coexistence that does not involve my giving her the only thing she wants.”

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.”

439. “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.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “But that’s what I need right now: a child’s blind faith that the world is so simple, and that if I didn’t mean to do a bad thing, then none of this is my fault.”

440. “But that’s what I need right now: a child’s blind faith that the world is so simple, and that if I didn’t mean to do a bad thing, then none of this is my fault.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “You want to do the right thing,’ said Ramy, bullish. ‘You always do. But you think the right thing is martyrdom. You think if you suffer enough for whatever sins you’ve committed, then you’re absolved.”

441. “You want to do the right thing,’ said Ramy, bullish. ‘You always do. But you think the right thing is martyrdom. You think if you suffer enough for whatever sins you’ve committed, then you’re absolved.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “It’s very embarrassing,’ Victoire observed one afternoon over tea, ’how much it all depends on Oxford, in the end. You’d think they would have known better than to put all their eggs in one basket.”

442. “It’s very embarrassing,’ Victoire observed one afternoon over tea, ’how much it all depends on Oxford, in the end. You’d think they would have known better than to put all their eggs in one basket.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “She had a weapon now. She wasn’t defenseless against him. She’d never been defenseless. She had just never thought to look.”

443. “She had a weapon now. She wasn’t defenseless against him. She’d never been defenseless. She had just never thought to look.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “You love your shamans like your own family, and a knife twists in your heart every time you watch one of them die. But you have to do it. You’ve got to make the choices no one else can. It’s death or the Chuluu Korikh. Commanders cull.”

444. “You love your shamans like your own family, and a knife twists in your heart every time you watch one of them die. But you have to do it. You’ve got to make the choices no one else can. It’s death or the Chuluu Korikh. Commanders cull.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “You’re so much stronger than I am” said Altan. Then he let her go.”

445. “You’re so much stronger than I am” said Altan. Then he let her go.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Underdogs can often find a way out, but not always. Particularly not if the side with the upper hand has anticipated, as well as is possible given the information at hand, everything could go wrong.”

446. “Underdogs can often find a way out, but not always. Particularly not if the side with the upper hand has anticipated, as well as is possible given the information at hand, everything could go wrong.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “Is that an Oriental?”

447. “Is that an Oriental?”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “I don’t know much of what goes on inside those colleges, but I know their food is something awful.”

448. “I don’t know much of what goes on inside those colleges, but I know their food is something awful.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’ ‘The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master, that’s all.’ LEWIS CARROLL, Through the Looking-Glass.”

449. “The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’ ‘The question is,’ said Humpty Dumpty, ‘which is to be master, that’s all.’ LEWIS CARROLL, Through the Looking-Glass.”

R.F. Kuang Quote: “What say you, then, To times, when half the city shall break out Full of one passion, vengeance, rage, or fear? WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, The Prelude.”

450. “What say you, then, To times, when half the city shall break out Full of one passion, vengeance, rage, or fear? WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, The Prelude.”

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