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“I was angry at the world for making me hate who I was.”
― Alice Oseman

“Order is present in the earthly kingdom when all beings understand their place. All beings understand their place when they fulfill the roles set out for them. The fish does not attempt to fly. The polecat does not attempt to swim. Only when each being respects the heavenly order may there be peace.”
― R. F. Kuang

“Youth, Rin thought, was an amplification of beauty. It was a filter, it could mask what one was lacking, enhance even the most average features. But beauty without youth was dangerous. The Empress' beauty did not require the soft fullness of young lips, the rosy red of young cheeks, the tenderness of young skin. This beauty cut deep, like a sharpened crystal. This beauty was immortal.”
― R. F. Kuang

“I just...I hate the idea of people knowing me because...surely then they'll hate me the same way I hate myself.”
― Alice Oseman, Loveless