Beatriz Gomes

“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

“Marzia: People who read are hiders. They hide who they are. People who hide don't always like who they are.

Elio: Do you hide who you are?

Marzia: Sometimes. Don't you?

Elio: Do I? I suppose. Do you hide from me?

Marzia: No, not from you. Or maybe, yes, a bit.

Elio: Like what?

Marzia: You know exactly like what.

Elio: Why do say that?

Marzia: Why? Becaue I think you can hurt me and I don't want to be hurt.Not that you mean to hurt anyone, but because you're always changing your mind, always slipping, so no one knows where to find you. You scare me.”
― André Aciman, Call Me by Your Name

“This is how colonialism works. It convinces us that the fallout from resistance is entirely our fault, that the immoral choice is resistance itself rather than the circumstances that demanded it.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel