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“Na razrusha'ya. I am not ruined. E'ya razrushost. I am ruination.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“You've always been the strongest. But you don't need to be strong every waking moment of every day.”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 天官赐福 [Tiān Guān Cì Fú]

“You never know. I don't care if anyone else is disappointed. But to some, the very existence of a certain person in this world is in itself, hope.”
― Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

“That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel