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“Nice comes from the Latin word for “stupid”,’ said Griffin. ‘We do not want to be nice.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Never underestimate the big importance of small things”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
― The Alchemist
― The Alchemist
“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.”
― Babel
― Babel
“It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities”
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
― Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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