january

“Wait for the real problem, Your Excellency. Don’t borrow trouble that doesn’t come to you on its own.”
― Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace

“(The world is full of idiots, and always has been. But sometimes I wonder why such a disproportionate quantity of them end up running other people’s lives.)”
― K.J. Parker, How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It

“It will,” Wit said, “but then it will get better. Then it will get worse again. Then better. This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a very different thing to say. That is truth. I promise you, Kaladin: You will be warm again.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Rhythm of War

“Her tears had released her emotions, painful as splinters of glass, but necessary, too. She couldn't claim she felt well, but at least she felt.”
― Christelle Dabos, La Tempête des échos