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Hate was its own kind of fire and if you had nothing else, it kept you warm.
“He’s been operating out of the coast and he doesn’t like fish?” “He’s picky.”
― The Dragon Republic
― The Dragon Republic
“Goodbye was, incredibly, a shortened version of God be with you.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Language was just difference. A thousand different ways of seeing, of moving through the world. No; a thousand worlds within one. And translation – a necessary endeavour, however futile, to move between them.”
― Babel
― Babel
“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
“You’ll sense the individual grains of rice coated in butter, and an aromatic fragrance as if the rice were being fried will ascend to your nose. A rich, milky sweetness will spread itself across your tongue . . .”
― Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
― Butter: A Novel of Food and Murder
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