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![この靴しりませんか? [Kono Kutsu Shirimasen ka?] by Fuka Mizutani](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1357027313l/17200983._SX50_.jpg "この靴しりませんか? [Kono Kutsu Shirimasen ka?] by Fuka Mizutani")
“There are no kind masters, Letty,’ Anthony continued. ‘It doesn’t matter how lenient, how gracious, how invested in your education they make out to be. Masters are masters in the end.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Betrayal. Translation means doing violence upon the original, means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. 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
“We're here to make magic with words”
― Babel
― Babel
“The combined aromas of hot cinnamon, ground coffee, and sweet cardamom intoxicated her, and as she brewed and smiled and served and chatted, a deep contentment welled up. It was a glowing warmth she’d never experienced before, and she liked it. She liked it a great deal.”
― Legends & Lattes
― Legends & Lattes
“And at times the fact of her absence will hit you like a blow to the chest, and you will weep. But this will happen less and less as time goes on. She is dead. You are alive. So live.”
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