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“You have the strength of the earth in you,” she used to tell her daughters. “The rains can come and the ploughs can carve through you and still you will remain.”
― Neon Yang, Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame

“By sword and cider I lived my life well
For the poor and the meek
I give myself to Selease
To judge my victories
And beg forgiveness for my failures”
― Brian McClellan, Swords, Cider, and Other Distractions

“Since the revolution began she'd witnessed the worst that humanity had to offer–a darkness held at bay only with the heroic actions of the few Lilies bringing light to all corners of Balkani.”
― Brian McClellan, Swords, Cider, and Other Distractions

“Everything we fear finds us eventually, so there's no point trying to outrun it.”
― Stuart Turton, The Last Murder at the End of the World