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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.”
― Babel
― Babel
“If on listened, one could hear it in their voices. One can tell a lot, even in such a state, by the way someone speaks another's name.”
― The Spear Cuts Through Water
― The Spear Cuts Through Water
“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular. And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
― Babel
― Babel
“She realized now that her life wasn’t just about who she was, but about who she would become.”
― Serafina and the Twisted Staff
― Serafina and the Twisted Staff
“Blame is an endless circle.
And I seemed to be standing in the center of it.”
― The Spear Cuts Through Water
And I seemed to be standing in the center of it.”
― The Spear Cuts Through Water
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