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Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)

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"Robin’s friendships with Ramy, Victoire, and Letty were my favorite part early on. Just want to put this out here: I am eyeing pages 52, 56, 59. IYKYK. Anyway, I can sense cracks forming tho in their friendships. You can feel Robin’s longing to belong but also couldn’t help but force himself to confront the question: Can knowledge ever be neutral in a world built on extraction?" — Oct 13, 2025 11:47AM

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“I'm a speckled seal swimming past the breakers, a seabird with a wingspan so long I can fly for miles. I'm the new moon, hidden and safe from him, from everyone.”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

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“People will risk everything for a little bit of something beautiful.”
― Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa

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“That's the power of literature, you know, it can act like little love letters between two people who can only explain their feelings by pointing at other people's.”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

tags: literature, love, relationships

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“What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

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“There are a few times in life when you leap up and the past that you'd been standing on falls away behind you, and the future you mean to land on is not yet in place, and for a moment you're suspended knowing nothing and no one, not even yourself.”
― Ann Patchett, The Dutch House

tags: growing-up, life, uncertainty

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