Marianne

“She saw how scared he was, trapped and isolated in his own mind, watching his world break down around him because of irrationalities that he could not fix.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic

“I don’t understand why we couldn’t have taken this beautiful, giant fleet and blasted the shit out of the Autumn Palace.”
“Because we were attempting a bloodless coup,” Nezha said. “Father wanted to avoid a war if he could. Sending a massive fleet up to Lusan might have given the wrong message.”
“So what I’m hearing is that it’s all Rin’s fault,” said Ramsa. “Classic.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic

“I think we’re about to be handed off,” Baji said. “It was nice knowing you all. Except you, Chaghan. You’re weird.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic

“You let me think you were dead.”
“What did you want, a letter? It’s not like it was terribly easy to track you down, either.”
“A letter would have been better than bombing my ship!”
“Are you ever going to let that go?”
“It’s rather a large thing to let go!”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic