Zeke

“If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life.”
― Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

“He clearly felt awe and respect for these two women but also was not bothered by the fact that they lived a razor’s edge from death. He knew it likely helped that they were Black women; market research found that the public generally cared less for their survival. In the center of the complicated nexus of adored and hated, desired but also easy to watch being destroyed, it had to be a Black woman.”
― Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars

“What else was an ongoing criminal enterprise complicated by periodic violence for, but to make your wife happy?”
― Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto

“Children can be murderers... Little boys can be monsters”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War