Southern fables usually went the other way around: a white woman killed or harmed in some way, real or imagined, and then, like the moon follows the sun, a black man ends up dead.
“There are all kinds of courage," said Dumbledore, smiling. "It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. I therefore award ten points to Mr. Neville Longbottom!”
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
― Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
“But if there’s one thing monks know how to do, it’s to pray so that Heaven hears.” As she walked away, she heard Yuchun’s smug voice in her head: Can’t pray away your fate. But maybe, she thought grimly, you could pray and claim another.”
― She Who Became the Sun
― She Who Became the Sun
“Then let us drink a cup of tea. Silence descends, one hears the wind outside, the autumn leaves rustle and take flight, the cat sleeps in a warm pool of light. And with each swallow, time is sublimed.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
“In our world, that’s the way you live your grown-up life: you must constantly rebuild your identity as an adult, the way it’s been put together it is wobbly and ephemeral, so fragile, cloaking despair and, when you’re alone in front of the mirror, it tells you the lies you need to believe.”
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
― The Elegance of the Hedgehog
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