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“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

“Reading lets us live in someone else’s shoes. Literature builds bridges; it makes our world larger, not smaller.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

“Every lemon will bring forth a child, and the lemons will never die out.”
― Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

“And in the heat of your obsession,” he said, “did it occur to you to remember that I am a person too?”
― Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time