Akshat Verma

“Let them hate, so long as they fear.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

“Still, something did not seem right, and Robin could tell from Victoire’s and Ramy’s faces that they thought so too. It took him a moment to realize what it was that grated on him, and when he did, it would bother him constantly, now and thereafter; it would seem a great paradox, the fact that after everything they had told Letty, all the pain they had shared, she was the one who needed comfort.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

“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

“Defying empire, it turned out, was fun.”
― R.F. Kuang, Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution