Claire

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“That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

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“Not all monsters were three-ton reptiles with poisonous breath. Many wore human faces.”
― Rick Riordan, The Hidden Oracle

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“The world is almost peaceful when you stop trying to understand it.”
― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X

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“if women are not perceived to be fully within the structures of power, surely it is power that we need to redefine rather than women?”
― Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto

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“Passer les miroirs, ça demande de s'affronter soi-même. Il faut des tripes, t'sais, pour se regarder droit dans les mirettes, se voir tel qu'on est, plonger dans son propre reflet. Ceux qui se voilent la face, ceux qui se mentent à eux-mêmes, ceux qui se voient mieux qu'ils sont, ils pourront jamais. Alors crois-moi, ça ne court pas les trottoirs !”
― Christelle Dabos, Les Fiancés de l'hiver

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