“Now he was astonished by how much he missed them. The English made regular use of only two flavours – salty and not salty – and did not seem to recognize any of the others. For a country that profited so well from trading in spices, its citizens were violently averse to actually using them; in all his time in Hampstead, he never tasted a dish that could be properly described as ‘seasoned’, let alone ‘spicy’.”
― Babel
― Babel
“We allow a few uncomfortable seconds of silence for the killed child, then school resumes.”
― Warm Bodies
― Warm Bodies
“The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.”
― Piranesi
― Piranesi
“Human beings have a remarkable ability to accept the abnormal and make it normal.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular. And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
― Babel
― Babel
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