Cheyenne

“That's how they get you. Framing you as the selfish bad guy if you don't dish out this one thing, just one thing for them. It's bullshit. Listen up: just because yoy have the capcity to do something for someone, it doesn't mean you have the obligation to, especially when they won't even appreciate you for doing it.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow

“There’s a reason Shimin has been the most powerful pilot in Huaxia for two years. And it has nothing to do with how easily he can carry me without breaking a sweat. To have kept choosing to wake up every day and face what life has dealt him, he is the strongest person I can imagine.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow

“In front of my mother and my sisters, I pretend love is cheap and vulgar. I act like it’s a sin–I pretend that love is for women on a dark path. But at night I dream of a love so heavy it makes my spine throb. I dream up a lover who makes love like he is separating salt from water.”
― Salma Deera

“That's how they get you. Framing you as the selfish bad guy if you don't dish out this one thing, just one thing for them. It's bullshit. Listen up: just because you have the capacity to do something for someone, it doesn't mean you have the obligation to, especially when they won't even appreciate you for doing it.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow