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“The word loss was inadequate. Loss just meant a lack, meant something was missing, but it did not encompass the totality of this severance, this terrifying un-anchoring from all that he’d ever known.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Language was always the companion of empire, and as such, together they begin, grow, and flourish. And later, together, they fall.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“Nowadays, we don’t have to be scared here. I hold his hand whenever I want.”
― Alice Oseman, Nick and Charlie

“On the drive back, Charlie falls asleep in my car. I turn the radio on and thank the universe that my life is like this.”
― Alice Oseman, Nick and Charlie