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“The life of a scholar is mere training for dying”

See I wanna have hope in the ending but this is Kuang’s writing we’re talking about

I knew this chapter was coming and I still wasn’t ready

“They argued over whether numbers had colors and personalities. Peter insisted they did: three was blue, five was red, two was yellow, and four was orange; eight was a ponderous bore, and nine was a voluptuous seductress — and what color? Oh, obviously, burgundy. Nine was wine”

I’ve never once thought about what number was what color, but now this is gonna send me into a deep dive🤔

“You don’t talk like them, you don’t look like them, and your research doesn’t fit what they’re looking for. You will always have to perform twice as well for half the acclaim. You have no room for mistakes.”

Well aren’t we getting a little too relatable☝🏾