‘Well,’ said Jean, ‘I shall be sure to criticize your reading habits, Master Kosta, should I ever see you develop any.’
“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.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Pain is a part of all lives, mortal and immortal,’ said the nymph. ‘It is inescapable. We all must navigate this river to get where we want to be.’
‘Shouldn’t we aim to avoid pain?’ Will asked. ‘Or at least mitigate it?’
Nico shook his head. ‘You know it’s not that simple.’
‘Pain helps us learn,’ said Gorgyra. ‘It is unfortunate, but we rarely forget the lessons taught to us in moments of pain.”
― The Sun and the Star
‘Shouldn’t we aim to avoid pain?’ Will asked. ‘Or at least mitigate it?’
Nico shook his head. ‘You know it’s not that simple.’
‘Pain helps us learn,’ said Gorgyra. ‘It is unfortunate, but we rarely forget the lessons taught to us in moments of pain.”
― The Sun and the Star
“To my husband. I had been told my entire life that my dreams were too big. Then I met you, and you told me to dream bigger.”
― The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
― The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments
“With so much misery around, fighting for social advancement had lost all meaning.”
― A Woman's Story
― A Woman's Story
“In case of emergency, eat chocolate”
― The Sun and the Star
― The Sun and the Star
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