Lopa

“There will always be winning and losing,' she said lightly, 'so long as not all people are born equal.”
― Shen Tao, The Poet Empress

“I never look down my nose at anyone for what they read. As long as they're reading, at least they aren't watching reality television.”
― Kate Quinn, The Astral Library

“He never managed to articulate what it was he didn’t know, but I knew his meaning. I don’t know how much suffering is normal.
How much was ordinary, expected, the price we paid to live.
How much was created by us, needless.”
― Shen Tao, The Poet Empress

“Or, at the very least, turn me little again.' He wiped his eyes with a sleeve, and stared at the plate of mung bean cakes. 'Little enough that all I wanted to reach for was the banquet table. When all I knew to desire was a sweet cake. And even if everyone punished me, or yelled at me, or hated me, at least back then I didn’t know why. If you can’t turn me into a fish, at least turn me little.”
― Shen Tao, The Poet Empress