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“Do you miss it?" she asked, because there was longing in his words, and his kingdom sounded quite astonishing, not like the shadowy place of sorrow she'd been told about.
"I belong there," he said.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

“Courage is the greatest of virtues,”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

“Only the living can be readers.”
― Audrey Niffenegger, The Night Bookmobile

“Is that why my ancestors built observatories and looked at the night sky? Did you want them to look at the place you came from?"
"What funny thoughts you have," he said. What would I care about the heavens when I reside in the Underworld?"
"I would care. All I could do sometimes was stare at the sky," she admitted.
"Whatever for?"
"Because it made me think one day I'd be free," she told him.”
― Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow