Laura

“But what is the opposite of fidelity?' asked Professor Playfair. He was approaching the end of his dialitic; now he needed only to draw it to a close with a punch. 'Betrayal. Translation means doing violence upon the original, it means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So, where does that leave us? How can we conclude except by acknowledging that an act of translation is always an act of betrayal?”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“How many times have we damned each other now?"
"Not nearly enough.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“Treat something like a monster and it will certainly learn to become a monster. (pg. 325)”
― Deborah Falaye, Blood Scion

“And you found you did not mind being a devil, so long as you were his.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Six Deaths of the Saint