Ash

“But what is the opposite of fidelity?' asked Professor Playfair. He was approaching the end of his dialitic; now he needed only to draw it to a close with a punch. 'Betrayal. Translation means doing violence upon the original, it means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So, where does that leave us? How can we conclude except by acknowledging that an act of translation is always an act of betrayal?”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“We have been in the crucible, and come out as gold.”
― Cassandra Clare, Chain of Thorns

“We are not here just to forget, but also to remember there are good and beautiful things in the world, always. And mistakes do not take them from us; nothing takes them from us. They are eternal.”
― Cassandra Clare, Chain of Thorns

“We so desperately want to be with those who know the truth of us. Our secrets.”
― Cassandra Clare, Chain of Thorns