

“She’s the only divine thing he’s ever believed in. The only creature in this vast, cruel land who could kill him. And sometimes, in his loveliest dreams, he imagines she does.”
― The Drowning Faith
― The Drowning Faith

“Take what you want. I’ll hate you for it. But I’ll love you forever. I can’t help but love you.”
― The Burning God
― The Burning God

“Orlando naturally loved solitary places, vast views, and to feel himself for ever and ever and ever alone.”
― Orlando
― Orlando

“I felt her sigh, and when she breathed her sadness out, I breathed it in.”
― If We Were Villains
― If We Were Villains

“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
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