“And the more I learn, the farther I feel. I don’t know where home is anymore.” HomeKirah Book:Raybearer Source: Raybearer
“You are all the same, young people. Full of questions and deaf to ugly answers. Leaving your safe homes, your warm beds because—let me guess—you want to follow your heart.” HeartTruthYoungQuestionOldFallow Your Heart Book:Raybearer Source: Raybearer
“I've never understood why mortals make things so complicated. Am's story for men and women has always been simple: You are equals, built to work side by side. But when it comes to power, mortals have always loathed simplicity.” MenPowerWomen S Rights Book:Raybearer Source: Raybearer
“You have never worried me, daughter. You have only disappointed.” PowerfulSad Book:Raybearer Source: Raybearer
“I am not a ghost, I screamed without words. I am not nothing. I am not nameless; I will not fade into graceful oblivion like every other Kunleo girl,” GhostWomen EmpowermentWorthNothingScreaming Book:Raybearer Source: Raybearer
“I do care," I told them out loud. "I want justice - for you. For everyone. But I have to find a balance. It isn't enough to pay for past abuses. I have to find a future to live for too.” HopeJusticeSocial ChangeSocietal Change Book:Redemptor Source: Redemptor
“I want to live," I said, replacing Ye Eun's lily behind my ear, "because life is . . . life is worth it. Because as long as we can imagine a better world, we should stick around to see it. Even if it doesn't exist yet. Even if we have to build it from scratch, brick by muddy brick.” LifeBetter World Book:Redemptor Source: Redemptor
“But I knew, deep down, that love had never fixed anyone. It had only given them the strength to try over, and over, and over again.” Gut PunchAll Up In My Feels Author:Jordan Ifueko
“So, ‘order’ will mean "guards with spears, whom the nobles will bribe to harass unwanted commoners". ‘Beauty’ will mean "removing benches where people can sleep - and erecting statues in any open space, in which a large group could loiter, especially for the purpose of protests.” TruthNobilitySlogansCommoners Book:The Maid and the Crocodile Source: The Maid and the Crocodile
“The Nobles and the Cultists have few weapons, and the commoners outnumber them- so why is the smaller group dominating the space?” Divide And ConquerMinority Rule Book:The Maid and the Crocodile Source: The Maid and the Crocodile