Babel
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Family names were not things to be dropped and replaced at whim, he thought. They marked lineage; they marked belonging.
“Deep down she suspected being in love just was two people lying to each other, concealing their violence.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis
“Everyone knew that the nicer a library was, the better the work you did within it.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis
“You want me to pretend that I love you.”
“It’s easy,” he said. “Just assume our wills are united.”
“What does that mean?”
“Well, that we want all the same things. That we want what’s best for each other. That we take one another’s ends as our own, and that our ideal outcome is one in which we’re together. Haven’t you ever been in love?”
― Katabasis
“It’s easy,” he said. “Just assume our wills are united.”
“What does that mean?”
“Well, that we want all the same things. That we want what’s best for each other. That we take one another’s ends as our own, and that our ideal outcome is one in which we’re together. Haven’t you ever been in love?”
― Katabasis
“He hated this meat sack he’d been trapped in; hated every tissue and organ that sapped his attention and energy when all he wanted to do was sit and think. He demanded so little of his body, and yet it would not even afford him this.”
― Katabasis
― Katabasis
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