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“If only one could engrave entire memories in silver, thought Robin, to be manifested again and again for years to come – not the cruel distortion of the daguerreotype, but a pure and impossible distillation of emotions and sensations. For simple ink on paper was not enough to describe this golden afternoon; the warmth of uncomplicated friendship, all fights forgotten, all sins forgiven; the sunlight melting away the memory of the classroom chill; the sticky taste of lemon on their tongues and their startled, delighted relief.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“To be a woman is a horror I can little comprehend.”
― Kat Dunn, Hungerstone

“The world loves to punish girls who dream in the dark. I plan to worship them.“ - p. 332”
― Tigest Girma, Immortal Dark

“There was no need for promises of love or quiet tenderness. Neither was allowed to feel the smallest spark of those afflictions. But perhaps their souls were made to be in eternal company. In devotion, in worship, in lust of brutality.”
― Tigest Girma, Immortal Dark