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“In that moment, Esen seemed breathtakingly handsome, so much so that Ouyang felt a sharp ache of incomprehension, that someone this perfect, so alive and so full of the pleasure of the moment, could be. It hurt like grief.”
― She Who Became the Sun
― She Who Became the Sun
“I am not home. I am here.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
“Why did you think he described the other world—the one he said he went to most often—as a labyrinth?’
Ketterley shrugged. ‘A vision of cosmic grandeur, I suppose. A symbol of the mingled glory and horror of existence. No one gets out alive.”
― Piranesi
Ketterley shrugged. ‘A vision of cosmic grandeur, I suppose. A symbol of the mingled glory and horror of existence. No one gets out alive.”
― Piranesi
“Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about language, the failure of language and the grasping for language.”
― Notes on Grief
― Notes on Grief
“Yes.' Ouyang tried to laugh. It stuck in his throat like a salty sea urchin. 'This is your death. That is mine. We're fixed, Esen.' The saltiness was choking him. 'We have always been.”
― She Who Became the Sun
― She Who Became the Sun
Lorena’s 2024 Year in Books
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