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Contraataque a los 30

by Sohn Won-Pyung

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Oct 22, 2026 01:54PM

“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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“carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man”
― Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis

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“Deadlines just aren't real to me until I'm staring one in the face.”
― Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief

tags: deadlines, humor, procrastinate

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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

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“Y Connor recordó lo que le había dicho Roman una de las primeras noches que habían pasado en Cornell: que era importante saber entablar conversaciones, pero lo más valioso era aprender a mantener silencios. Que eso era lo que diferenciaba a un amigo de un simple conocido, a un amor verdadero de una aventura.”
― Patricia Ibárcena, Hijos dorados

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