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The Door
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Our Neanderthal ancestor learned to weep the first time he stood in triumph over the bison he had dragged in and found no-one to tell of his adventures, or show his spoils to, or even his wounds.
“It’s violent work that sustains the fantasy.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Here is the thing, though, the real, true thing I still have trouble admitting: I can't protect you from everything...I can't protect you from spending a lifetime caught between the beautiful dream of a diverse nation and the complicated reality of one. I can't even protect you from the simple fact that sometimes, the people who love us will choose a world that doesn't.”
― Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
― Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
“Nice comes to us by way of the Old French nice ('weak, clumsy, silly'), from the Latin nescius ('ignorant, not knowing').”
― Babel
― Babel
“…there is no such thing as humane colonization.”
― Babel
― Babel
“If you find any other inconsistencies, feel free to remind yourself this is a work of fiction.”
― Babel
― Babel
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