do you blame shakespeare for any of it?

I always thought it would be better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody.

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (1999)

Magnolia (1999), dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

I wanna see what love looks like when it's triumphant.

that’s ramy’s word, not hers. but she uses it knowingly. she knows the power of words, of language, of translation, and yet she’s choosing to steal a word that’s not hers, a word that has meaning and history and love, a word that not even victoire dared use bc she knew it wasn’t hers, that it belonged to ramy and robin alone, all for her own advantage.

Babel, An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

The front cover of the book features the English title of the book hand foiled in gold. Around it are Bible verses written in Cantonese Chinese (Genesis 11:8-9) hand foiled in silver.

The back of the book is like a mirror of the front except that it has the Cantonese title of the book hand foiled in gold, and around it is the English translation of the same bible verses.

“So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.”

Hermes Society

more or less.

Digital Illustration, 2025 Gorchart