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“Everything you’ve ever done (...) has been based on overcoming an obstacle—a small step over an internal limit. It was difficult. But it could be done”
― Marina Dyachenko, Vita Nostra

“The legend of my mom is that she can’t be stopped. Not when you hit her. Not when a whole country full of goons puts her in a cage. Not even if you make her poor and try to kill her slowly in the little-by-little poison of sadness. And the legend is true. I think because she’s fixed her eyes on something beyond the rivers of blood, to a beautiful place on the other side. How else would anybody do it?”
― Daniel Nayeri, Everything Sad Is Untrue

“Life is too short and love is too long.”
― Tamsyn Muir, Nona the Ninth

“How does one formulate the order “Do not be afraid” without the negative particle “not”? “Be brave,” Sasha whispered.”
― Marina Dyachenko, Assassin of Reality