Bethany Long

“The English made regular use of only two flavours – salty and not salty – and did not seem to recognize any of the others. For a country that profited so well from trading in spices, its citizens were violently averse to actually using them; in all his time in Hampstead, he never tasted a dish that could be properly described as ‘seasoned’, let alone ‘spicy’.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“And what? You think it’s going to get sane? It’s never been sane. You just have to go ahead and live, no matter what.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

“Anger was a chokehold. Anger did not empower you. It sat on your chest; it squeezed your ribs until you felt trapped, suffocated, out of options. Anger simmered, then exploded. Anger was constriction, and the consequent rage a desperate attempt to breathe.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“All that you touch, You Change. All that you Change, Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God Is Change. I’m going to go”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower