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“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.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Grief suffocated. Grief paralysed. Grief was a cruel, heavy boot pressed so hard against his chest that he could not breathe.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“You're so quiet you're almost tomorrow.”
― Ocean Vuong, Night Sky with Exit Wounds

“Most people go through their whole lives, without ever really feeling that close with anyone.”
― Sally Rooney , Normal People