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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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Sep 03, 2025 10:28PM

“I need my own armor, and soon. A silly queen I'll look when I've been slowly flattened into a man."

Mace grinned. "You wouldn't be the first queen of this kingdom to be mistaken for a king.”
― Erika Johansen, The Queen of the Tearling

tags: humor, kelsea-glynn, lazarus, mace, the-queen-of-the-tearling

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“Fire and water looked so lovely together. It was a pity they destroyed each other by nature.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic

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“This was not a world of men. It was a world of gods, a time of great powers. It was the era of divinity walking in man, of wind and water and fire. And in warfare, she who held the power asymmetry was the inevitable victor.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic

tags: divinity, fire, gods, great-powers, victor, warfare, water, wind, world

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“They had found the seven volumes of Rowling with no help at all, but there was no squabbling.”
― Erika Johansen, The Queen of the Tearling

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“I take a sip of my beer, and it's - I mean, it's just astonishingly disgusting. I don't think I was expecting it to taste like ice cream, but holy fucking hell. People lie and get fake IDs and sneak into bars, and for this? I honestly think I'd rather make out with Bieber. The dog. Or Justin.”
― Becky Albertalli, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

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