jessica

“She loved the library, or at least she loved books. She valued the knowledge and the passion they held. The memory of races and species beyond knowing. The culture and achievements of untold millennia.”
― Mark Lawrence, The Book That Broke the World

“Astrid was just as fierce a scholar as I was a swordsman. A girl who wielded books like blades.”
― Jay Kristoff, Empire of the Vampire

“After all, we’re here to make the unknown known, to make the other familiar. We’re here to make magic with words.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel

“That's the beauty of learning a new language. It should feel like an enormous undertaking. It ought to intimidate you. It makes you appreciate the complexity of the ones you know already.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel