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“People who lined up to see the Mona Lisa typically couldn’t name the paintings hanging nearby, and there was nothing wrong with that.”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six

“Hey,” Kitay said. “What’s so interesting over there?”
“Nothing,” Rin said. “Just gossip. Have you cracked the nature of the cosmos?”
“Not yet.” Kitay tossed his stick onto the dirt. “But give me a year or two. I’m getting close.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic

“From the sounds of it, the Militia intended to simply knock the gates over with a battering ram.
Boom. Rin felt stone vibrating beneath her feet.
“How old are those gates?” She wondered out loud.
Boom.
“Older than this province,” said Venka. “Maybe as old as the Red Emperor. Lot of architectural value.”
“That’s a pity.”
“Isn’t it?”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic

“A flaw of humanity,” said Parisa, shrugging. “The compulsion to be unique, which is at war with the desire to belong to a single identifiable sameness.”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six