Top 140 Sue Lynn Tan Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “It doesn’t matter how often you love, but how well.”

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52. “Knowledge is one of the greatest weapons... Arm yourself well, for there are times words can reach where a sword cannot.”

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53. “Was it because we had bonded at the banquet, when he lent me his strength at the moment I most needed it? Or was he at ease with me because I held no official position here, seeking neither his favor nor approval?”

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54. “Wait for me. Find me,” I had told him. “No matter where I am or who I become, my heart will always be yours.”

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55. “At least I have the tears.” His gaze was startlingly bright. “But I’ll take a curse from you any day, over praise from any other.”

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56. “The light in his eyes rivaled that of the moon. “I would give it all up for you, if you would only ask.”

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57. “He was still staring at me, a slow smile spreading across his lips. “Have you looked your fill?”

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58. “When emotions cloud us, disaster soon follows.”

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59. “Ignorance often makes cowards of us.”

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60. “I do care,” he ground out. “despite my sense, my judgement and honor – I cannot help but care.”

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61. “Had her bitterness been born from the disillusionment of her marriage, of having her wings clipped by life in the Celestial Kingdom?”

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62. “I’m no lovesick puppet, begging for a morsel of affection. I have my own dreams, my own principles, my own honor to uphold.”

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63. “Lies were easier than the truth; they protected us, while the truth reached to where it hurt the most... to where there was more to lose.”

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64. “It’s not the same,” I ground out. “You’ve taken away their freedom to choose, to judge on their own. To compel them to acts they might rather die than commit.” I fixed him with a scornful stare, even as I shrank away inside. “But no enchantment is unbreakable. You’ll pay when they break free.”

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65. “You’ll never grow if you only do what you’re good at.”

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66. “For that is the real meaning of loneliness, being unable to share your mind and heart freely with another without the fear of being judged or found wanting, or that they might seek to use you.”

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67. “Dawn will be dark without you.”

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68. “But you won’t be alone. I will be with you, for as long as you let me.” Liwei took my frozen hands, lifting them to his lips and blowing his warm breath over them.”

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69. “Violence should never be the first answer.”

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70. “As punishment, I was exiled to the moon – an enchantment cast upon me which binds me here for eternity. I cannot leave this place, no matter how much I want to.” In a low voice, she added, “A palace you cannot escape is a prison nonetheless.”

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71. “In truth, the mortals could teach us far more in resilience and strength of will, as they bore the trials that came their way.”

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72. “Every hero was a villain to the other side.”

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73. “They had wounded me, but they would not have the satisfaction of knowing it. Their unkindness only had as much power as I gave it, and I would wrench back my tattered pride from beneath the soles of their feet because... it was all I had left.”

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74. “But I did not stop, my lifeforce surging free, running through my veins life a river undammed. Strong, indomitable, roiling with power. Brighter than the infinite stars, more luminous than the moon.”

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75. “We cannot control what others fear.”

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76. “By refusing to see the good in them, you might lose something precious that you never allowed yourself to find.”

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77. “What was eternity to love? To be held by him this way, like I was the only person who mattered in the world, to feel this fullness in my chest, to have him beside me as we lay in our bed-all this was worth more than ten lifetimes.”

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78. “I ordered Lady Hualing not to harm you. She agreed – but you, Xingyin, have a knack of evoking strong emotions in those you meet. To both your benefit and detriment.”

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79. “Trust was infinitely easier to destroy than restore.”

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80. “Unclouded by emotion, instinct can be a powerful guide.”

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81. “Perhaps those who brought us greatest joy, also wielded the power to inflict the most suffering.”

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82. “Hope possessed a magic of its own – rare to manifest, yet wresting miracles within one’s reach.”

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83. “Madness? I’ve never felt so sane in my life. Do you want to forget this happened? I cannot.”

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84. “I was no longer a child willing to drift with the tide-I would steer against the current if I had to.”

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85. “I would not taint today with the doubts of tomorrow or fears of the past.”

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86. “You are more than your face, more than your name. With you, I am whole.”

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87. “There are lies of necessity and those of malice. Those you choose to tell will define your character.”

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88. “Betrayal cuts the deepest when it seems from those you love. For then you feel twice the fool, broken and hurt-all at once. For then you do not have the solace you most crave.”

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89. “Heroes are not born but made through their choices. One could be given the greatest gifts of the world and choose to do nothing with them. Or someone with nothing could forge their way to the pinnacle of power. Whether mortal or immortal, our destiny is in our hands.”

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90. “I wanted to be more to him than a season in the span of his existence.”

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91. “Being an attendant doesn’t mean I don’t have my pride. The work I do is not a reflection of who I am.”

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92. “Trust was something I had learned not to readily yield.”

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93. “Something forced will never be as strong as that which was earned,” I countered.”

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94. “If you keep yearning for all beyond your reach, you’ll end up wasting a lot of time, blinding yourself to the good that’s here.”

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95. “I would move the stars for you,” I said quietly, as something shifted into place inside me. “I would defy them all.”

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96. “Eternity only meant something when you had someone to share it with, not when it would take you from all you loved.”

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97. “He said things sometimes that I didn’t entirely understand, that reached deeper than I wished – that I was afraid to examine.”

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98. “Was closing one’s heart to love – all love – the only way to contentment? Had I not imagined so myself, during those long months of misery? Indeed, my darkest moments were when I had left my loved ones. And yet... the happiest times of my life had been with them too.”

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99. “If they believed ill of you so quickly, their good opinion is not worth having.”

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100. “Watch your tongue. By offending her, you offend me too – and I am not as tolerant.”

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