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Archita Mitra
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She had thought he would always be there to watch over her, but that incident had been a front-on attack, and when the person who harmed you was the only one you actually trusted . . . she clenched her hands, which had begun to shake
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When I began the book, I was convinced that Ye Hua was an abusive husband - a cold immortal toying with the feelings of a lonely mortal woman to breed a child - and did I hate him.
It is testament to the great story that they would take this character, a veritable villain, and make him into a romantic hero. Not even a dark, brooding romantic hero - an expressive, feminist hero!
“Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.”
― Fahrenheit 451
― Fahrenheit 451
“Once I dreamed I kept a perfect little bed and breakfast by the seaside, and to everyone who came to stay with me I would say, in that tongue, 'Be whole,' and they would become whole, not be broken people, not any longer, because I had spoken the language of shaping.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“I never tell anyone exactly how clever I am. They would be too scared.”
― The Eternity Code
― The Eternity Code
“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“Maybe I was destined to forever fall in love with people I couldn’t have. Maybe there’s a whole assortment of impossible people waiting for me to find them. Waiting to make me feel the same impossibility over and over again.”
― Tell the Wolves I'm Home
― Tell the Wolves I'm Home
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