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![この靴しりませんか? [Kono Kutsu Shirimasen ka?] by Fuka Mizutani](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1357027313l/17200983._SX50_.jpg "この靴しりませんか? [Kono Kutsu Shirimasen ka?] by Fuka Mizutani")
“The combined aromas of hot cinnamon, ground coffee, and sweet cardamom intoxicated her, and as she brewed and smiled and served and chatted, a deep contentment welled up. It was a glowing warmth she’d never experienced before, and she liked it. She liked it a great deal.”
― Legends & Lattes
― Legends & Lattes
“To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due.”
― The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists
― The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists
“He went back to his first morning in Oxford: climbing a sunny hill with Ramy, picnic basket in hand. Elderflower cordial. Warm brioche, sharp cheese, a chocolate tart for dessert. The air smelled like a promise, all of Oxford shone like an illumination, and he was falling in love.”
― Babel
― Babel
“You lived what anybody gets, Bernie. You got a lifetime. No more. No less.”
― The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives
― The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives
“Betrayal. Translation means doing violence upon the original, means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So then where does that leave us? How can we conclude, except by acknowledging that an act of translation is then necessarily always an act of betrayal?”
― Babel
― Babel
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