Michaela Roby

“This is how colonialism works. It convinces us that the fallout from resistance is entirely our fault, that the immoral choice is resistance itself rather than the circumstances that demanded it.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“And I knew, with all my heart and soul, that I’d loved him, and he’d been good and wicked, and in the dark, secret part of me, we were so much the same.”
― Ashley Winstead, In My Dreams I Hold a Knife

“Even now, to this day, I think you were the love of my life. You were always talking about your dreams, back in college. Harvard this and DC that. Well, you want to know what my dream was? You. A real best friend.” My eyes burned. Caro’s voice softened. “I would have done anything for you.”
― Ashley Winstead, In My Dreams I Hold a Knife

“Oh, but history moved in such vicious circles.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God