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R.F. Kuang
“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.”
R.F. Kuang, Babel

R.F. Kuang
“Words tell stories. Specifically, the history of those words - how they came into use, and how their meaning morphed into what they mean today - tell us just as much about a people, if not more, than any other kind of historical artefact.”
R.F. Kuang, Babel

R.F. Kuang
“After all, we’re here to make the unknown known, to make the other familiar. We’re here to make magic with words.”
R.F. Kuang, Babel

R.F. Kuang
“That's the beauty of learning a new language. It should feel like an enormous undertaking. It ought to intimidate you. It makes you appreciate the complexity of the ones you know already.”
R.F. Kuang, Babel

Jay Kristoff
“A life without books is a life not lived.”
Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire

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