Liv

“It's a shame about the c-c-cut on his face," Tipp said.
"Why's that?" Kiva murmured only half-listening.
"It'll ruin his pretty face."
"Pretty face or not, he's still a man, Tipp."
"So?"
"So", Kiva said, "most men are pigs".
"I'm a man. I'm not a p-pig."
"You're still young", Kiva returned. "Give it time.”
― Lynette Noni, The Prison Healer

“The word ‘stubborn’ has such negative connotations,” Alex said. “I like to think of myself as determined.”
― Lynette Noni, Raelia

“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular. And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Nice comes from the Latin word for “stupid”,’ said Griffin. ‘We do not want to be nice.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel