Rynnie B.

“My hunger roused me. In the depths of the sea, I drew upon my greed, my insatiable ambition. I cried out to my shadow self, my truest self, and reached for her through her iron imprisonment. I understood now why I was called a perversion. It was unnatural for a woman to have this kind of ambition, and yet I existed. My existence was my birthright, and it would be my justification.”
― K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire

“They say a girl with an ill-fated mother is doomed to follow in her footsteps.”
― K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire

“She swallowed hard. 'They would never let a woman hold on to power.”
― K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire

“I spat at his words. The idea that his victory meant nothing to him only further enraged me. Perhaps because it came at such great cost to my future. Perhaps because my own life meant everything to me.”
― K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire