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“How far she could accompany Nangong Jingnu on this road, would be how far.
Even if Qi Yan had already designed the ending. Even if Qi Yan knew what was separating them. But when Nangong Jingnu needed comfort, Qi Yan would still gently open her arms for her.
Even though she did not know how long this tenderness could continue for either...”
― 请君莫笑, 泾渭情殇 [Jīng Wèi Qíng Shāng]

“I know a lady in Venice would have walked barefoot to Palestine for a touch of his nether lip.”
― William Shakespeare, Othello

“A Black policeman could completely demolish you. He knew far more about you than a White policeman could and you were without defense before this Black brother in uniform whose entire reason for breathing seemed to be his hope to offer proof that, though he was Black, he was not Black like you.”
― James Baldwin, Evidence of Things Not Seen

“Thousands of girls have climbed up stairs and knocked on a door answered by a woman who is a complete stranger, to whom they are about to entrust their stomach and womb. And that woman, the only person who can rid them of their misfortune, would open the door, in an apron and patterned slippers, clutching a dish towel, and inquire, “yes, miss, can i help you?”
― Annie Ernaux, L'Événement