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“Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe.”
― Babel
― Babel
“We're here to make magic with words”
― Babel
― Babel
“A lie was not a lie if it was never uttered; questions that were never asked did not need answers. They would both remain perfectly content to linger in the liminal, endless space between truth and denial.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Words tell stories. Specifically, the history of those words - how they came into use, and how their meaning morphed into what they mean today - tell us just as much about a people, if not more, than any other kind of historical artefact.”
― 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
✧*̥˚ alex *̥˚✧’s 2024 Year in Books
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195 books
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10 friends
261 books
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741 friends
192 books
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837 books
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47 friends
157 books
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4 friends
439 books
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6 friends
732 books
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6 friends
1,170 books
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21 friends
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