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Slip of the Tongue: Talking About Language (Real World)

by Katie Haegele (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 09, 2026 03:49PM

“That's the beauty of learning a new language. It should feel like an enormous undertaking. It ought to intimidate you. It makes you appreciate the complexity of the ones you know already.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

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“We're here to make magic with words”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

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“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

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“It takes courage to let down your armor, to welcome people to see you as you are.”
― Rebecca Ross, Divine Rivals

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“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

tags: books, life, limits

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