Lucienne

“She wanted to forget everything, to forget the war, to forget her gods. It was enough to simply be, to know that her friends were alive and that the entire world was not so dark after all.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“when she saw the open sky above her, purple in the evening light, she could have cried”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“This is what you have to tell yourself," Qara said fiercely. "You have to believe that it was necessary. That it stopped something worse. And even if it wasn't, it's the lie we'll tell ourselves, starting today and every day afterward. You made your choice. There's nothing you can do about it now. It's over.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“Without thinking they sank into a formation; back to back, fighting while covering each other’s blind spots…They were like a well-oiled machine. They were a spontaneously coordinated dance. They weren’t two parts of a whole, not quite, but they came close.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War