“He went back to his first morning in Oxford: climbing a sunny hill with Ramy, picnic basket in hand. Elderflower cordial. Warm brioche, sharp cheese, a chocolate tart for dessert. The air smelled like a promise, all of Oxford shone like an illumination, and he was falling in love.”
― Babel
― Babel
“I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story.”
― Strong Female Character
― Strong Female Character
“At one time or another, everybody falls irreparably in love. Nobody ever really gets over it.”
― Sunburn
― Sunburn
“The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story.”
― The Brides of High Hill
― The Brides of High Hill
“So, you see, translators do not so much deliver a message as the rewrite the original. And herein lies the difficulty - rewriting is still writing, and writing always reflects the authors ideology and biases.”
― Babel
― Babel
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