asya ♠︎

“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

“If you want my bones, I shall give them to you. If you want my heart, then I will gladly hand it over.
However, you will have to risk half of all your Stories.”
― Singshong (싱숑)

“Be on the side that saves people. If both sides are the same, then choose to become a good person...You might not see a great difference between right and wrong, but saving others is something just a bit more wonderful.”
― Kafka Asagiri

“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?”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel