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“Language is unpaired. It will not match like a converted measurement. Only clouds of overlapping colored meaning that, in their shifting, might briefly end up combining to form almost the same hue as a word or phrase or gesture or semantic unit in the other language.”
― S.L. Huang, The Language of Liars

“People are big enough to hold more than one certainty at the same time.”
― Seanan McGuire

“Last year's fashions were all lace and ruffles. I refused to add a single ruffle, which means that I may continue wearing this gown in style *and* that I did not spend last year looking like a birthday cake. An enormous savings in both money and dignity.”
― T. Kingfisher, A Sorceress Comes to Call

“Sometimes, contempt for the person you don't want to become can get you through those times when courage otherwise falters.”
― Nicholas Atwater, Echoes of the Imperium