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“Christ,” said Peter. “Hell is a campus.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis

“Through her war helmet, I could only see her eyes—but I could tell something was wrong. Her blue eyes shone with fear. Clarisse never looked like that. And she didn’t have blue eyes.”
― Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

“Oh, but history moved in such vicious circles.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“The war,’ she said once, ‘left me with a deep knowledge of human suffering which I expect many other young people never know about. The things I saw during the occupation made me very realistic about life, and I’ve been that way ever since. Don’t,’ she added, ‘discount anything awful you hear or read about the Nazis. It’s worse than you could ever imagine. I came out of the war thankful to be alive, aware that human relationships are the most important thing of all, far more than wealth, food, luxury, careers, or anything you can mention.”
― Ian Woodward, Audrey Hepburn: Fair Lady of the Screen