Jay Knioum

“When man begins to think that he is responsible for writing the script of the world, he forgets the forces that dream up our reality.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“By the end of 2014, UNHCR would record close to 60 million forcibly displaced people, 8 million more than in the previous year. Half of those were children. Every day that year, on average, 42,500 people became refugees, asylum seekers, or internally displaced, a fourfold increase in just four years.”
― Melissa Fleming, A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee's Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival

“I pushed aside tins of salt and sugar to spread my form on a counter. He read it aloud for me, stumbling on the longer words. I filled out the form with a borrowed quill, leaving black smudges, asking Airedain how to spell things.”
― Jae Waller, Veil

“You have to trust her before she will trust you,” Tiernan said. “Do not think about her previous rider. Horses have histories of their own.”
― Jae Waller, Flight