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He really should’ve known better than to trust a bookworm in a library.
“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
“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
“This is how colonialism works. It convinces us that the fallout from resistance is entirely our fault, that the immoral choice is resistance itself rather than the circumstances that demanded it.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Be selfish," he whispered. "Be brave.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe.”
― Babel
― Babel
Brittany’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Brittany’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
973 books
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14 friends
165 books
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34 friends
349 books
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17 friends
40 books
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7 friends
86 books
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1 friend
39 books
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3 friends
203 books
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3 friends
602 books
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4 friends
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