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‘That’s just what translation is, I think. That’s all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they’re trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.’
“She'd done the White Mountains. How much worse could Hell be?”
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“This was the key to flourishing in graduate school. You could do anything if you were delusional.”
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“Did Canada even have universities, or did everyone just ski and eat maple syrup and run away from bears all year round?”
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“Christ,” said Peter. “Hell is a campus.”
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“Fortunately graduate school had prepared her for this, the constant managing of despair.”
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