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“Neil thought about Renee's bruised knuckles, Dan's fierce spirit, and Allison holding her ground on the court a week after Seth's death. He thought about his mother standing unflinching in the face of his father's violent anger and her ruthlessly leaving bodies in their wake. He felt compelled to say, "Some of the strongest people I've known are women.”
― Nora Sakavic, The Raven King

“Because hope is a knife that can cut through the foundations of the world.”
― Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway

“(A novel is) a paper where your thesis is that these people are real, and you have to prove it.”
― Maggie Stiefvater

“This action will have no echo.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom