Séverine Pasteger

“Les contes de fées étaient des récits ancestraux, profondément symboliques, remodelés de siècle en siècle par la parole et l'écrit... Aujourd'hui, ils servent de matière première à des œuvres qui, techniquement, n'appartiennent plus au genre du conte de fées. C'est la stratégie des contes pour continuer de s'adapter à notre époque.”
― Lou Lubie, Et à la fin, ils meurent: La sale vérité sur les contes de fées

“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular. And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Never forget where you come from, but don’t allow it to define you.”
― T.J. Klune, Under the Whispering Door

“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