Alexandra

“Everyone knew that the nicer a library was, the better the work you did within it.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis

“Deep down she suspected being in love just was two people lying to each other, concealing their violence.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis

“It was so humiliating the way she’d lingered, hoping for his attention—like a dog that didn’t know that it had been abandoned, that kept on coming back. He was not rude to her. In fact he was perfectly polite, wearing that classic Murdoch smile. He gave her the same kind attentiveness that he would to any stranger. But this hurt, for she had thought they were anything but.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis

“Hell’s lonely,” said Peter. “You’ll want company.”
“Hell is other people, I’ve heard.”
― R.F. Kuang, Katabasis