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“Now that number was gone, covered up by the jet-black image of a chess piece. Neil's knowledge of chess was hazy at best, but he knew for sure that wasn't a king. "You did it," Neil said, too stunned to manage anything else. "Let Riko be King," Kevin said, with the exaggerated enunciation of the thoroughly sloshed. "Most coveted, most protected. He'll sacrifice every piece he has to protect his throne. Whatever. Me?" Kevin gestured again, meaning to indicate himself but too drunk to get his hand higher than his waist. "I'm going to be the deadliest piece on the board." "Queen," Andrew said somewhere behind Neil.”
― Nora Sakavic, The King's Men

“Body in the abyss, heart in paradise.”
― 墨香铜臭, Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1

“We broke so easily. Like it was nothing. Like we were nothing. Does that mean it was never meant to be in the first place? That we were an accident of fate? If we were meant to be, how could we both walk away like that?”
― Jenny Han, P.S. I Still Love You

“This land was Mexican once,
was Indian always
and is.
And will be again.”
― Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza