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“But ideological purity is a battle cry, it’s not the stable foundation for a unified country. A nation means nothing if it can’t provide for the people in it. You have to act for their sake.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“But what is the opposite of fidelity?' asked Professor Playfair. He was approaching the end of his dialitic; now he needed only to draw it to a close with a punch. 'Betrayal. Translation means doing violence upon the original, it means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So, where does that leave us? How can we conclude except by acknowledging that an act of translation is always an act of betrayal?”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Nunca supe si Artimañas me había vendido a regio. Nunca se lo pregunté, ni siquiera compartí mis sospechas con Chade. Supongo que no quería saberlo. Intenté impedir que afectara mis lealtades. Pero en el fondo de mi corazón, cuando decía «mi rey» me refería a Veraz.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice

“Oh, but history moved in such vicious circles.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God