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“Destroying art is practice for destroying people.”

Quote by Alexander Chee

Book:How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

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How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

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Alexander Chee is a contemporary fiction writer known for his profound character development and rich cultural background. His novels often explore themes of identity, race, and gender, and have been well-received by readers. more

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“His face was so ravaged, it was like looking at death itself. Except for the smooth, silvered part of it. By creeping degrees, his human hand lifted. He turned it over, showing a bloody palm. His cracked lips moved. Beloved. He could not say the word, but I knew it. So did his Fool.”

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Book:Assassin's Fate

Source: Assassin's Fate

“Dying is boring, Nighteyes observed.”

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Book:Assassin's Fate

Source: Assassin's Fate

“Make up your mind. Is Death a friend? Then go joyfully to hunt with it, as I did. If it's an enemy, then fight it. But don't sag here like a wounded cow waiting for predators to finish it off. You are not prey, nor I! If we must die, let us die as wolves!”

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Book:Assassin's Fate

Source: Assassin's Fate

“You should go with him, Nighteyes. You should go with Bee. If we end here, then I meet the end with you. As you ended with me. How is the hunting where you are? It will be better with you. I'm coming to you, my brother.”

Book:Assassin's Fate

Source: Assassin's Fate

“You are ill? No. Just Stupid. Ah. Nothing new there. Well, you haven't died from that so far.”

Book:Fool's Errand

Source: Fool's Errand

“Your mother was a good mate for Fitz. She gave him what he needed. But this is the woman I would have chosen for us.”

Book:Assassin's Fate

Source: Assassin's Fate

“Why do you chop your life into bits and give the bits names? Hours, days. It is like a rabbit. If I kill a rabit, I eat a rabbit. When you have a rabbit, you chop it up and call it bones and meat and fur and guts. And so you never have enough.”

Book:Assassin's Quest

Source: Assassin's Quest

“Somewhere in the back of my mind, Nighteyes was frantic. 'Poisoned. That water is poisoned.' I couldn't frame a thought to reassure him.”

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Book:Royal Assassin

Source: Royal Assassin

“Welcome to the apocalypse. Where make-do is a motto and life seems wrong, out-of-place. Where the weak become strong because they have no other choice.”

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Book:The Vestige

Source: The Vestige

“Yell. Jump. Play. Out-run those sons-of-bitches. They'll never live the way you live. Go do it.”

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Book:Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

Source: Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You