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“Most people thought of time as an unyielding constant, a sworn promise of sunrises and sunsets and shifting seasons. But only the descendants knew that time was nothing more than the whim of a forgotten god—it promised nothing, often lied, and had sharp, glistening teeth.”
― Kylie Lee Baker

“You know, I used to have this theory that if I wanted something badly enough, the universe would make sure to keep it just out of my reach. Like a cruel joke, or a trick. But . . . maybe the cruelest trick the universe can play on us is to give us exactly what we wish for.”
― Ann Liang, I Am Not Jessica Chen

“Adults can draw what they see, the real thing, in their pictures. Children, though, draw the “idea” of what appears in their heads. Like an artist. People sometimes say that every child is an artist, and I feel that is not far from the truth.”
― Uketsu, Strange Pictures

“It wasn’t a question of if they loved me, but of how much. Because at the end of the day, they had never asked for me.”
― Kylie Lee Baker, The Scarlet Alchemist