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R.F. Kuang Quotes

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R.F. Kuang is celebrated for her gripping storytelling that weaves together history, fantasy, and profound explorations of power, identity, and morality. Her writing confronts difficult truths while immersing readers in richly imagined worlds filled with complex characters and emotional intensity. The following quotes highlight her insight, courage, and the thought-provoking wisdom that defines her work.

She loved when he just rambled, effortlessly profound, without an ounce of self-consciousness. She loved seeing how he processed the world; hearing his messiest, unformed thoughts.
From Katabasis
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I don't love you. And I can kill anything.
From The Poppy War
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At last Griffin shook his head and said, 'You're lost, brother. You're a ship adrift, searching for familiar shores. I understand what it is you want. I sought it, too. But there is no homeland. It's gone.'

His fingers landed on Robin's shoulder, squeezed so hard they hurt. 'But realize this, brother. You fly no one's flag. You're free to seek your own harbour. And you can do so much more than tread water.
From Babel
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And so perhaps it was entirely possible - common, even - for you to look into the eyes of someone you'd been falling in love with, someone you had spent every waking moment with, whose breathing sounded as familiar as your own - and fail to recognize them at all.
From Katabasis
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Nothing is better than eternal happiness.
A cheese toastie is better than nothing.
Shouldn't stand to reason, then, that a cheese toastie is better than eternal happiness?
From Katabasis
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She was not alone. She was safe. There was at least a single other soul in this universe who vibrated at her same frequency.
From Katabasis
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Huemer argues that it is at least plausible that the past is not finite, so we have decent evidence to believe in eternal recurrence. Theologists and religious studies folks do not like this argument for the same reasons they do not like Pascal's Wager, which is that it seems to mathematically cheat to conclusions that religions have taken thousands of years to articulate.
From Katabasis
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She loved when he just rambled, effortlessly profound, without an ounce of self-consciousness. She loved seeing how he processed the world; hearing his messiest, unformed thoughts.
From Katabasis
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I don't love you. And I can kill anything.
From The Poppy War
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At last Griffin shook his head and said, 'You're lost, brother. You're a ship adrift, searching for familiar shores. I understand what it is you want. I sought it, too. But there is no homeland. It's gone.'

His fingers landed on Robin's shoulder, squeezed so hard they hurt. 'But realize this, brother. You fly no one's flag. You're free to seek your own harbour. And you can do so much more than tread water.
From Babel
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And so perhaps it was entirely possible - common, even - for you to look into the eyes of someone you'd been falling in love with, someone you had spent every waking moment with, whose breathing sounded as familiar as your own - and fail to recognize them at all.
From Katabasis
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Nothing is better than eternal happiness.
A cheese toastie is better than nothing.
Shouldn't stand to reason, then, that a cheese toastie is better than eternal happiness?
From Katabasis
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She was not alone. She was safe. There was at least a single other soul in this universe who vibrated at her same frequency.
From Katabasis
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Huemer argues that it is at least plausible that the past is not finite, so we have decent evidence to believe in eternal recurrence. Theologists and religious studies folks do not like this argument for the same reasons they do not like Pascal's Wager, which is that it seems to mathematically cheat to conclusions that religions have taken thousands of years to articulate.
From Katabasis
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She loved when he just rambled, effortlessly profound, without an ounce of self-consciousness. She loved seeing how he processed the world; hearing his messiest, unformed thoughts.
From Katabasis
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I don't love you. And I can kill anything.
From The Poppy War
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At last Griffin shook his head and said, 'You're lost, brother. You're a ship adrift, searching for familiar shores. I understand what it is you want. I sought it, too. But there is no homeland. It's gone.'

His fingers landed on Robin's shoulder, squeezed so hard they hurt. 'But realize this, brother. You fly no one's flag. You're free to seek your own harbour. And you can do so much more than tread water.
From Babel
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And so perhaps it was entirely possible - common, even - for you to look into the eyes of someone you'd been falling in love with, someone you had spent every waking moment with, whose breathing sounded as familiar as your own - and fail to recognize them at all.
From Katabasis
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Nothing is better than eternal happiness.
A cheese toastie is better than nothing.
Shouldn't stand to reason, then, that a cheese toastie is better than eternal happiness?
From Katabasis
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She was not alone. She was safe. There was at least a single other soul in this universe who vibrated at her same frequency.
From Katabasis
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Huemer argues that it is at least plausible that the past is not finite, so we have decent evidence to believe in eternal recurrence. Theologists and religious studies folks do not like this argument for the same reasons they do not like Pascal's Wager, which is that it seems to mathematically cheat to conclusions that religions have taken thousands of years to articulate.
From Katabasis
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