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“I love the words I write until I soon realize how much I hate them, as if I am destined to always be at war within myself.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

“You’re someone who loves. That’s it. That’s the only part that’s yours to give and yours to take.”
― Kika Hatzopoulou

“All this time, I’d thought the nickname Study Machine was a compliment of sorts. That it meant productivity, above-human levels of discipline, that I was programmed for success. Now I wonder if it describes someone devoted to doing at the expense of feeling. Someone barely alive.”
― Ann Liang, If You Could See the Sun

“When you cherish someone for how amazing they are, you don’t pluck them from their roots just to watch them wither in your hands. You help them bloom into the incredible thing they’re really meant to be.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow