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Kokoro

by Natsume Sōseki

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Apr 21, 2026 06:24AM

“Love and translation look alike in their grammar. To love someone implies transforming their words into ours. Making an effort to understand the other person and, inevitably, to misinterpret them. To construct a precarious language together.”
― Andrés Neuman

tags: grammar, language, love, lovers, relationships, translation, understanding

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“Time is, time was, but time shall be no more.”
― James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

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“Oh- my twitchy witchy girl
I think you are so nice,
I give you bowls of porridge
And I give you bowls of ice
Cream.
I give you lots of kisses,
And I give lots of hugs,
But I never give you sandwiches
With bugs
In.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

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“I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence, and as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Beatrice Letters

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