#p130

[readinginmars]

"You have good ideas, Elend Venture," Tindwyl said. "Regal ideas. However, you are not a king. A man can only lead when others accept him as their leader, and he has only as much authority as his subjects give to him. All of the brilliant ideas in the world cannot save your kingdom if no one will listen to them."

The Well of Ascension - Brandon Sanderson

[nerddecarro]

Volvo 122S (P130) 1962–1970

[readinginmars]

"Most of the time Kai felt like he was made of razors, bleeding from the inside.

She reached over and squeezed his hand. "I've always liked your razors, Kai. They've cut us out of a number of tangles. But it would be good if one day you could stop bleeding.""

Witch King - Martha Wells

[readinginmars]

"It's a translation, really. And translation across mediums is inherently unfaithful to some extent. Roland Barthes. An act of translation is an act of betrayal."

Yellowface - R. F. Kuang

[nusumigaki]

愛する人になるのが大変なときというのは、愛する人になることが一番必要なときだった。

[nusumigaki]

こんなことって果たして大事なのかな？ 何かそこに意味があるのかな？

[nusumigaki]

「まあ人生、負けることに慣れておくのも大事だから」

[nusumigaki]

正月商戦のシーンだから、私たち観客は派手に飾られた店舗に矛盾を感じることはありません。しかし新生・正直屋のビジュアルを映画的に見れば、安売り大魔王が敗北したことを印象づける大切な視覚情報だったはずです。