Aaron

“Secrets are everywhere. Some humans are crammed full of them. How do they not explode? It seems to be a hallmark of the human species: abysmal communication skills. Not that any other species are much better, mind you, but even a herring can tell which way the school it belongs to is turning and follow accordingly. Why can humans not use their millions of words to simply tell one another what they desire?”
― Shelby Van Pelt, Remarkably Bright Creatures

“Writing is the closest thing we have to real magic. Writing is creating something out of nothing, is opening doors to other lands. Writing gives you power to shape your own world when the real one hurts too much.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

“They tell authors never to look at Goodreads, but nobody follows that advice—none of us can resist the urge to know how our work is being received.”
― Rebecca F. Kuang, Yellowface

“We must make space for the subaltern voices, the suppressed narratives.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface