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“Griffin was right - the obstacle was not the struggle, but the failure to imagine it was possible at all, the compulsion to cling to the safe, the survivable status quo.”
― Babel
― Babel
“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.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Such an easy thing, to be liked. All you had to do was make sure people didn't know you.”
― A Gentleman's Position
― A Gentleman's Position
“Robin cast them an amazed look. "Are you telling me this country's going to fall because of academic territoriality?"
"Well, yes," Professor Craft lifted her teacup to her lips. "It's Oxford, what did you expect?”
― Babel
"Well, yes," Professor Craft lifted her teacup to her lips. "It's Oxford, what did you expect?”
― Babel
“So then where does that leave us? How can we conclude, except by acknowledging that an act of translation is then necessarily always an act of betrayal?”
― Babel
― Babel
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