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“… Who cares about the crowded, broad road? I’ll walk the single-plank bridge into the night…”
― 墨香铜臭, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]

“His passion hadn't been explosive. it was a smoldering fire; the kind that grew secretly, like a ground fire deep in the earth, spreading and waiting before rising up, destroying the world above. She suspected he burned for things more deeply than even he was aware of.”
― SenLinYu, Manacled

“Wei WuXian grinned and pointed at himself. "How about this one?"
Lan WangJi, "Mine."
"..."
Lan WangJi stared at him, slowly and articulately stating, "Mine.”
― 墨香铜臭, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]

“Sweet Jude, you’re my dearest punishment”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King