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“Reading should be an enjoyable experience, not a chore.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

“In my darker moments it seems to me that I have absolutely nothing to show for the last twenty years of my life. In my brighter moments I realize that I've managed to free myself from everything.”
― Mia Kankimäki, The Women I Think About at Night: Traveling the Paths of My Heroes

“It's like pressing a bleeding sore repeatedly, trying to see how far you can go with your tolerance for pain, because if you know the limits of it, you gain some sense of control over it.”
― R.F. Kuang , Yellowface

“Every writer I know feels this way about someone else. Writing is such a solitary activity. You have no assurance that what you’re creating has any value, and any indication that you’re behind in the rat race sends you spiraling into the pits of despair. Keep your eyes on your own paper, they say. But that’s hard to do when everyone else’s papers are flapping constantly in your face.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface