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“She…hoped. And hope was dangerous. Hope was the most vicious evil of them all, the thing that had managed to thrive in Pandora’s box among misery, and disease, and sadness—and what could endure alongside others with such teeth if it didn’t have ghastly claws of its own?”
― Chloe Gong, These Violent Delights

“We are born of salt and starlight.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“All the dreamers are castle-bound. At midnight’s stroke, we will unwind, Revealing fantasies soft or unkind. Show me debauched nightmares or sunniest daydreams. Come not as you are but as you wish to be seen.”
― Erin A. Craig, House of Salt and Sorrows

“Together or not at all, doragaya”
― Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends