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“Jesper: “If Pekka Rollins kills us all, I’m going to get Wylan’s ghost to teach my ghost how to play the flute just so that I can annoy the hell out of your ghost.”
Kaz: “I’ll just hire Matthias’ ghost to kick your ghost’s ass.”
Matthias: “My ghost won’t associate with your ghost.”
― Six of Crows
Kaz: “I’ll just hire Matthias’ ghost to kick your ghost’s ass.”
Matthias: “My ghost won’t associate with your ghost.”
― Six of Crows
“I like to think that, the more I stand out of the way, the more Sappho shows through. This is an amiable fantasy (transparency of self) within which most translators labor. If light appears,
'not ruining the eyes (as Sappho says)
but strengthening, nourishing and watering,'
- Aelius Aristides Orations
we undo a bit of cloth.”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
'not ruining the eyes (as Sappho says)
but strengthening, nourishing and watering,'
- Aelius Aristides Orations
we undo a bit of cloth.”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
“Your story is worth telling, you know.”
― A Court of Silver Flames
― A Court of Silver Flames
“The world was beautiful, and she was so grateful to be in it.”
― A Court of Silver Flames
― A Court of Silver Flames
“It seems that she knew and loved women as deeply as she did music. Can we leave that matter there? As Gertrude Stein says:
'She ought to be a very happy woman. Now we are able to recognize a photograph. We are able to get what we want.'
-Marry Nettie, Gertrude Stein Writings (1903-1932)”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
'She ought to be a very happy woman. Now we are able to recognize a photograph. We are able to get what we want.'
-Marry Nettie, Gertrude Stein Writings (1903-1932)”
― If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
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