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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.
A lie was not a lie if it was never uttered; questions that were never asked did not need answers.
For a country that profited so well from trading in spices, its citizens were violently averse to actually using them;
HAHHHH
it puts ideas in their head.’
GOD FORBID A GIRLS GOT AN IDEA
Travel sounds fun until you realize what you really want is to stay at home with a cup of tea and a stack of books by a warm fire.’
I don’t want to be their tragic, lovely lacquer figure. I want to live.’
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.’
THIS. this is the best quote in this entire book
