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“When I was born, the word for what I was did not exist.”
― Madeline Miller, Circe

“This story was meant to show you: the ones we should save are already dead. Before he was your agong, he was my ba. Before he was my ba, he was a soldier. When you're a soldier, nothing comes before or after. Don't think I forgive him. Forgiveness is surgery, and I don't have the hand or the eye.”
― K-Ming Chang, Bestiary

“Just use your teeth to feel its grit, she wanted to say. If you want to understand the reality of something, bite into it.”
― K-Ming Chang, Organ Meats

“You never have the sort of friends you have when you’re fifteen ever again. Even if you keep them for the rest of your life, it’s never the same as it was then.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown