Julio

“Hardships in lives, Moran was raised to believe, are like unpleasant weather, which one endures because bad weather will break as inevitably as bad luck will run its course. Hope is the sunshine after the storm, the spring thawing after the bitter winter; the goddess of fate, capricious as she is, has nevertheless an impressionable mind, as any young female does, who would smile at those who have perseverance.”
― Yiyun Li, Kinder Than Solitude

“When people talk about starting over, it's only wishful thinking: what came before, what happened yesterday, did not come or happen in vain.”
― Yiyun Li, Kinder Than Solitude

“I don't think truth ever tastes good to anyone's palate.”
― Yiyun Li, Kinder Than Solitude

“The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.”
― Robert Jordan