Samuri

“So she sticks close to her father, and whenever he gives gold to her sisters for new dresses and boots, he also slips her some, which Mei uses to buy new books, while the rest she buries under a floorboard so she can one day live free of men entirely in a house of her own with a library two stories high and a garden where she can read.”
― Soman Chainani, Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales

“But I have no faith in love. Love cannot save me.

I choose vengeance.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow

“Human beings could drape themselves in titles and etiquette, but at their hearts they were all the same animal.”
― F.C. Yee, Avatar: The Shadow of Kyoshi

“When playing the game, sometimes you didn’t want your opponent to respect you as smart, rational, and clever. Sometimes you wanted the opponent to believe you were completely unstable and utterly reckless.”
― F.C. Yee, The Legacy of Yangchen