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“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
“Building a new life, a better life, will keep you looking forward, until, one day, you'll find you're no longer tempted to keep turning back toward everything you've lost.”
― Lore
― Lore
“It’s never enough, is it? Time. We always think we have so much of it, but when it really counts, we don’t have enough at all.”
― Under the Whispering Door
― Under the Whispering Door
“Life is senseless, and on the off chance we find something that does make sense, we hold onto it as tightly as we can.”
― Under the Whispering Door
― Under the Whispering Door
“I danced for the end of everything I knew and the beginning of everything I did not.”
― Ariadne
― Ariadne
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