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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

“There’s this word in Japanese: tsundoku,” Neil says suddenly.
“It’s my favorite word in any language.”
“What does it mean?”
He grins. “It means acquiring more books than you could ever
realistically read.”
― Rachel Lynn Solomon, Today Tonight Tomorrow

“Your parents want what's good for you, but they don't always know what's best for you.”
― Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked

“They can’t make us go away just
because they are done with us”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Carrie Soto Is Back