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“All stories are ghost stories, and some stories turn us into ghosts.”
― House of Bone and Rain
― House of Bone and Rain
“Languages aren’t just made of words. They’re modes of looking at the world. They’re the keys to civilization. And that’s knowledge worth killing for.”
― Babel
― Babel
“There is a space in time when violence tears through from imagined to physical—and if that physical is met with more physical, then the violence can become both the vehicle and driver for all that comes after, and what has escaped can be incredibly difficult to contain.”
― Chain-Gang All-Stars
― Chain-Gang All-Stars
“There’s little good in sedentary small towns. Mostly indifference spiced with an occasional vapid evil—or worse, a conscious one.”
― 'Salem's Lot
― 'Salem's Lot
“Language is an infinite resource. And if we learn it, if we use it – who are we stealing from?”
― Babel
― Babel
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