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“No one could deny that Kaul Hilo has a way with his people. It came from genuine concern, and was a talent more mysterious to Anden than any jade ability.”
― Fonda Lee, Jade City

“Those who bear children hold the keys to life and death, and their ill wishes are to be feared.”
― Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune

“She disappeared like Kazu did, like any number of women did over the years, unremarked, and their demise as unremarkable as surely they were not.”
― Nghi Vo, The Empress of Salt and Fortune

“She wondered if he was going to kiss her now. She didn't know much about being kissed, but if the old stories were anything to judge by, now seemed like a good time. The hero always took his maiden somewhere beautiful and declared his love under the stars.
She would have liked Nezha to kiss her, too. She would have liked to share this final memory with him before she fled. But he only stared thoughtfully at her, his mind fixed on something she couldn't guess at.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Dragon Republic