Surah

“When you care about someone so much, you never want to see them hurt. You worry for their well-being. It’s natural. But it’s also that danger, that risk, that makes our feelings that much sharper, that much more agonizingly beautiful, isn’t it?”
― Jessie Chang, The Water Spinner

“I have become something wonderful, she thought. I have become something terrible. Was she now a goddess or a monster? Perhaps neither. Perhaps both.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“Rich people, she decided, loved to stick with a theme.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Edgedancer

“There was something decidedly
fascinating about Cyrus; something potent and complex, and prodding him
for truth felt a lot like prodding a sore muscle; the results were both painful
and pleasant. She pitied him even as she detested him, understood him even
as she scorned him. He was a series of mystery boxes she wasn’t certain she
wanted to open, and whose hidden depths tempted her even as they scared
her.”
― Tahereh Mafi, These Infinite Threads