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“Words matter, for
Language is an ark.
Yes,
Language is an art,
An articulate artifact.
Language is a life craft.
Yes,
Language is a life raft.”
― Call Us What We Carry
Language is an ark.
Yes,
Language is an art,
An articulate artifact.
Language is a life craft.
Yes,
Language is a life raft.”
― Call Us What We Carry
“Astrid was just as fierce a scholar as I was a swordsman. A girl who wielded books like blades.”
― Empire of the Vampire
― Empire of the Vampire
“All books, no matter their binding, will fall to dust. The stories they carry may last longer. They might outlive the paper, the library, even the language in which they were first written. The greatest story can reach the stars.”
― The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
― The Book That Wouldn’t Burn
“After all, we’re here to make the unknown known, to make the other familiar. We’re here to make magic with words.”
― Babel
― Babel
“She loved the library, or at least she loved books. She valued the knowledge and the passion they held. The memory of races and species beyond knowing. The culture and achievements of untold millennia.”
― The Book That Broke the World
― The Book That Broke the World
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