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“At the trial of God, we will ask: why did you allow all this?
And the answer will be an echo: why did you allow all this?”
― Ilya Kaminsky, Deaf Republic

“But there are none so frightened, or so strange in their fear, as conquerors. They conjure phantoms endlessly, terrified that their victims will someday do back what was done to them—even if, in truth, their victims couldn’t care less about such pettiness and have moved on. Conquerors live in dread of the day when they are shown to be, not superior, but simply lucky.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky

“I asked him had he ever seen this Anna Gloria? Was she real, or was she only allegorical?
"That depends," he said. "What is the difference?”
― Aaron Thier, Mr. Eternity

“There, in the stable of their own kidnapping, they are reading.”
― Gabriel Fried, The Children Are Reading