“This whole time in the palace, I may have been occupied with my own survival, but that did not mean I didn’t think of them often. I missed home with a terrible, constant ache—an ache that was not noticed when there were more pressing pains, but when everything was calm again, on a day like this one, it was there waiting for me.” LoveHeartacheHomesicknessFamilial Love Book:The Poet Empress Source: The Poet Empress
“The cat lives in pursuit of the mouse; The tree grows in pursuit of the sun. Are we the cat or the tree, pursuers? Are we the wind, born only to run?” LovePoetryMemoriesGriefBrotherhood Book:The Poet Empress Source: The Poet Empress
“The Ancestors are fair, after all. To be the judge of whether it is necessary for someone to die, one must love them first. But once there is love, it becomes very hard to still want them dead, does it not?” LoveHateEmpathyJudgementAncestors Book:The Poet Empress Source: The Poet Empress