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“Yargıdaki deneyimim bana Tanrı'nın, inanç, suç ve ceza gibi konuları biz ölümlülere bıraktığını öğretti. Bunlar da uzun, zor süreçler. Kestirme yolu da yok.”
― Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None

“I think the power of books is that - that they teach us to care about others. It's a power that gives people courage and also supports them in turn. [. . .] Empathy - that's the power of books.”
― Sōsuke Natsukawa, The Cat Who Saved Books

“Now!” exclaimed Lupin. “I am going to take a rest, feed myself up, and gradually become myself again. It’s all very well to be Baudru or another, to change your personality as you would your boots, and to select your appearance, your voice, your expression, your handwriting. But there comes a time when you cease to know yourself amid all these changes, and that is very sad. I feel at present as the man must have felt who lost his shadow. I am going to look for myself… and to find myself”
― Maurice Leblanc, Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

“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.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel