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The Spear Cuts Through Water

by Simon Jimenez (Goodreads Author)

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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

by V.E. Schwab

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Januaries: Stories of Love, Magic & Betrayal

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Book cover for The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1)

The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1) by Roshani Chokshi

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“I don’t want to be their equal. I don’t want them to look us in the eye. I want them to look away, to blink harshly, as if they’ve stared at the sun itself. I don’t want them standing across from us. I want them kneeling.”

LIA.’s Quotes

“You asked how large my sorrow is. And I answered, like a river in spring flowing east.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic

tags: li-yu, sorrow

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“He brushed his lips against her forehead as he drove the knife deeper into her back.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic

tags: backstabbing, heartbreaking

198 likes

“they were binary stars, trapped in each other’s gravitational field and easily diminished without the other’s opposing force”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Six

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“There are no kind masters, Letty,’ Anthony continued. ‘It doesn’t matter how lenient, how gracious, how invested in your education they make out to be. Masters are masters in the end.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

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“One thing at a time. Murder first and then scholarly pursuits.”
― Olivie Blake, The Atlas Paradox

tags: dark-academia

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