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Babel
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‘Quite right,’ said Professor Playfair. ‘Words have no meaning unless there is someone present who can understand them.
“More about Howl? Sophie thought desperately. I have to blacken his name! Her mind was such a blank that for a second it actually seemed to her that Howl had no faults at all. How stupid! “Well, he’s fickle, careless, selfish, and hysterical,” she said. “Half the time I think he doesn’t care what happens to anyone as long as he’s all right—but then I find out how awfully kind he’s been to someone. Then I think he’s kind just when it suits him—only then I find out he undercharges poor people. I don’t know, Your Majesty. He’s a mess.”
― Howl's Moving Castle
― Howl's Moving Castle
“Her name badge read: Hello! My name is DIE, DEMIGOD SCUM!”
― The Son of Neptune
― The Son of Neptune
“They told of a disquieting thing: the persistence of a cultural remnant from the most ancient Fremen times—“The Water of Conception.” The amniotic fluid of the newborn was saved at birth, distilled into the first water fed to that child. The traditional form required a godmother to serve the water, saying: “Here is the water of thy conception.” Even the young Fremen still followed this tradition with their own newborn.”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
“Good. Sophie felt like a fight. “You could have noticed for yourself,” she said, glaring back, daring Howl to do his worst with green slime.”
― Howl's Moving Castle
― Howl's Moving Castle
“I dare such words because you stand at a crossroad. You could become admirable.”
― Children of Dune
― Children of Dune
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