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“The body became used to exercise, particular sounds and sensations, or even physical pain. But it was strange how shame was something you never became inured to: each time hurt just as much as the first.”
― Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun

“He had done what he had to do, and in doing so he had destroyed the world.”
― Shelley Parker-Chan, She Who Became the Sun

“How tremendous the agony of unmade decisions.”
― M.L. Rio, If We Were Villains

“Your turn. What colour do you like most?"
"You," he said so softly it was only a sound.
The intensity of his gaze stole the air from her lungs. She shook her head. "That-"
"Every colour that makes you.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars