Kris Mauna

“I command the Cike.” Chaghan looked sideways at her. His expression was grim. “You are going to paint the world in Altan’s blood, aren’t you?” “I’m going to find and kill everyone responsible,” said Rin. “You cannot stop me.” Chaghan laughed a dry, cutting laugh. “Oh, I’m not going to stop you.” He held out his hand. She grasped it, and the drowned land and the ash-choked sky bore witness to the pact between Seer and Speerly.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War

“It never failed to Delight her, knowing that all these soldiers, these men, were terrified of her.”
― Swati Teerdhala, The Tiger at Midnight

“Love is a country. It’s vast and endless and full of an unbreakable hope. Maybe this love is a love that’s worth dying for, I don’t know. All I know is that it’s worth living for, again and again.”
― Axie Oh, Rebel Seoul

“The past is like a picture. Once you take it, you can't change it. But if you change the future, the future might change the past.”
― Teni A.