Amanda Morrison

“But she isn’t frightened of the dead. It is only the living who have the power to harm.”
― Charlotte McConaghy, Wild Dark Shore

“I experience a comforting and unfamiliar sensation and it takes me a while to identify the feeling. It feels like coming home. Which makes no sense. Because I’ve never been here before.”
― Alice Feeney, Beautiful Ugly

“Who cares if they’re okay?” Misaki said impatiently. “They were terrible.” “They were just Texca’s hired security. As far as we know, they haven’t done anything except accept a job from the wrong guy.” “They pulled their machetes on Elleen,” Misaki said indignantly, “a teenage girl.” “Well, after meeting you, I doubt they’ll make that mistake again. You realize that’s the idea, don’t you? Not to destroy the people of this city but to make them better.” “Those men haven’t even lived in this city for a week. They’re foreigners.” “So are you,” Robin said. “So was I, when I first came here. We can’t claim to be crime-fighters if we disrespect life just as much as the criminals we fight.” “I don’t think killing a horrible, hostile person is really disrespecting life,” Misaki said. “Most koronu would say that it’s a duty.” It was agreed upon across all warrior cultures—Kaigen, Yamma, Sizwe—that killing in self-defense or defense of the innocent was a noble thing.”
― M.L. Wang, The Sword of Kaigen

“took his fill, just as she took hers. Everything hurt. She said, “I wondered what you would be like. Humans. What you would be capable of. How your minds would work. How your hearts would beat. You are animals. Fierce and wild. You are harsh and brutal and beautiful. There is no one like you in all the universe. You have the power for such destruction within you. And such joy. It’s a dichotomy that shouldn’t exist, and yet here it is. Within you. Within all of you.” She leaned forward and kissed his forehead. Each cheek. The tip of his nose. “I’m glad we found you. I’m glad he has you. Remember that when you look up at the stars.”
― T.J. Klune, The Bones Beneath My Skin