“I will have my serpent’s tongue - my woman’s voice, my sexual voice, my poet’s voice. I will overcome the tradition of silence.”
― Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
― Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
“It's amazing how much blue there is in the world if you look. You're different colors of flame. Bismuth burns blue, and cerium, germanium, and arsenic. See? I pour you into things.”
― This Is How You Lose the Time War
― This Is How You Lose the Time War
“Have I experienced happiness with sufficient gratitude? Have I endured loneliness with grace?”
― A Thousand Mornings
― A Thousand Mornings
“Words can wound, but they're bridges too. Like the bridges that are all the Genghis left behind. Though maybe a bridge can also be a wound”
― This Is How You Lose the Time War
― This Is How You Lose the Time War
“This book is dedicated to anyone who has ever fallen in love with a culture that was devouring their own.”
― A Memory Called Empire
― A Memory Called Empire
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