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Language was always the companion of empire, and as such, together they begin, grow, and flourish. And later, together, they fall.
“Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
“hand you the right storybook, and you are capable of anything”
― Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
― Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
“How can I accept a world where over a million people will die this year for want of a cure that has existed for nearly a century?”
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
― Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
“Destiny, Vera thinks, is something to be hunted down and grabbed tightly with both hands and shaken until it gives her exactly what she wants.”
― Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
― Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
“Na razrusha'ya. I am not ruined. E'ya razrushost. I am ruination.”
― Ruin and Rising
― Ruin and Rising
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