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“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?”
― Babel
― Babel
“Truth over delusion. Growth over comfort.”
― Blood Over Bright Haven
― Blood Over Bright Haven
“Washing her mind of knowledge would be a different kind of damnation, destroying any possibility of salvation.”
― Blood Over Bright Haven
― Blood Over Bright Haven
“Somewhere in his time playing mage's assistant, he had forgotten what he was: not a citizen of this city, just flesh that it fed on.”
― Blood Over Bright Haven
― Blood Over Bright Haven
“He has looked pain in the eye - and refused to let it make a monster of him”
― Two Twisted Crowns
― Two Twisted Crowns
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