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Book cover for Queen of Coin and Whispers (Queen of Coin and Whispers #1)
And somehow, over the last few weeks, my mind and body had inexplicably decided: Yes, you. There’s something about you that makes it difficult for me to concentrate on ruling a country. A lady who enjoyed balancing accounts and daydreamed ...more
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Arkady Martine
“And the continuity of endocrine response worked for everyone, Stationer or Teixcalaanlitzlim or something else: endocrine response said, in that brutal language of the flesh, This person has had their hands inside you, and you welcomed them in. Let’s do it again. Here are nice chemicals to help.”
Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace

Arkady Martine
“Three Seagrass had taken her hands away from her face, and the expression which was growing there was one that Mahit had seen before: it was Three Seagrass focusing inward, preparing to bend the universe around her will, because all other options were untenable.”
Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire
tags: focus, will

Terry Pratchett
“Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.
The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning.
No one ever said elves are nice.
Elves are bad.”
Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

Arkady Martine
“Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe; it gives life back to those who no longer exist.”
Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire

Sappho
“Sweet mother, I cannot weave –
slender Aphrodite has overcome me
with longing for a girl.”
Sappho, Sappho: A New Translation of the Complete Works

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