Ling

“I wanted to travel the world and sail every sea. I wanted to have adventures, to be a hero, to have my tales told in courtyards and street fairs, where perhaps kids who’d grown up like me, with more imagination than means, might be inspired to dream. Where women who were told there was only one sort of respectful life for them could listen to tales of another who’d broken away—and thrived when she’d done so.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

“I feel so profoundly inside of myself, I can't stand it.”
― Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

“When the battle lines are drawn, advance with a clear mind.”
― Sue Lynn Tan, Daughter of the Moon Goddess

“There is no happy ending, theres just. . . happily living. As best you can.”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics