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“It’s so odd,’ Robin said. Back then they’d already passed the point of honesty; they spoke to one another unfiltered, unafraid of the consequences. ‘It’s like I’ve known you forever.’
‘Me too,’ Ramy said.
‘And that makes no sense,’ said Robin, drunk already, though there was no alcohol in the cordial. ‘Because I’ve known you for less than a day, and yet . . .’
‘I think,’ said Ramy, ‘it’s because when I speak, you listen.’
‘Because you’re fascinating.”
― Babel
‘Me too,’ Ramy said.
‘And that makes no sense,’ said Robin, drunk already, though there was no alcohol in the cordial. ‘Because I’ve known you for less than a day, and yet . . .’
‘I think,’ said Ramy, ‘it’s because when I speak, you listen.’
‘Because you’re fascinating.”
― Babel
“Be selfish," he whispered. "Be brave.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Why, he wondered, did white people get so very upset when anyone disagreed with them?”
― Babel
― Babel
“After all, we’re here to make the unknown known, to make the other familiar. We’re here to make magic with words.”
― Babel
― Babel
“You have to believe there's an after," she murmured. "They did."
"They were better than us."
"They were." She curled around his arm. "But it all still wound up in our hands, didn't it?”
― Babel
"They were better than us."
"They were." She curled around his arm. "But it all still wound up in our hands, didn't it?”
― Babel
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