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I wonder—if nobody is listening to my voice, am I making any sound at all?
“Nice comes from the Latin word for “stupid”,’ said Griffin. ‘We do not want to be nice.”
― Babel
― Babel
“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular. And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Does this make me irresistible to animate and inanimate things?” asked Hypnos. “Because that pleases me.”
― The Silvered Serpents
― The Silvered Serpents
“He was holding the Bible. Instinctively, she leaned away.”
― The Gilded Wolves
― The Gilded Wolves
“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
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