Julia

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

“This is how colonialism works. It convinces us that the fallout from resistance is entirely our fault, that the immoral choice is resistance itself rather than the circumstances that demanded it.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Oh, but history moved in such vicious circles.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“Beauty is terror. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it.”
― Donna Tartt, The Secret History