R. F. Kuang

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  • Naidahas quotedlast month
    Meanwhile, I think writing is fundamentally an exercise in empathy. Reading lets us live in someone else’s shoes. Literature builds bridges; it makes our world larger, not smaller.
  • Nityam Nepalhas quoted4 months ago
    if I hit you, would it feel like a kiss?
  • Alfonso, Ashley M.has quoted4 months ago
    Athena was the leech, the vampire, the ghost who wouldn’t let me go; Candice her deranged wannabe proxy. I am innocent. My only sin is loving literature too much, and refusing to let Athena’s very prenatal work go to waste.
  • Alfonso, Ashley M.has quoted4 months ago
    Tell me, do I truly deserve that? Does anyone?
  • Alfonso, Ashley M.has quoted4 months ago
    But Athena is the reason for any modicum of success I’ve ever had. My career as an author does not exist without her.

    Without Athena, who am I?
  • Alfonso, Ashley M.has quoted4 months ago
    I’ll play up the sapphic quality of it all, too. Readers will love that; queer love stories are all the rage now.
  • Alfonso, Ashley M.has quoted4 months ago
    But writing is the whole world. How can I explain this to her? Stopping isn’t an option. I need to create. It is a physical urge, a craving, like breathing, like eating; when it’s going well, it’s better than sex, and when it’s not, I can’t take pleasure in anything else.
  • Alfonso, Ashley M.has quoted4 months ago
    Juniper Song and Aurora Whisper.
  • Alfonso, Ashley M.has quoted4 months ago
    They’re more like a smorgasbord of creative churning, half-formed doors to other worlds, worlds in which I lingered for hours when I didn’t want to be in my own.
  • Alfonso, Ashley M.has quoted4 months ago
    I suppose Rory never felt such a deep connection to this house, though. I was the one obsessed with the sycamore trees in the backyard, with hiding out among their roots and spinning stories long after Rory decided it was time to return to the real world.
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