The Memory of Babel

vicinity

distraught

flocked

trifle

repatriated

deigns

bellows

deplorable

conformist

stupefaction

indignation

phalanx

mites

mildew

virtuous

mayhem

disgorging

pest

bric-a-brac

wrung

pallid

endeavoring

elusive

dismember

mosaic

grandiose

diaphanous

proprietorially

interminable
cloistered

theatrical

itineraries

fad

inordinately

Lackadaisical

perturbed

cordon

paralysis

nebulous

covets

mannequin

assailed

sweltering

boulevard

undulated

aqueducts

cosmopolitan

mellifluous

emanated

edifice

edifice

equilibrium

nonplussed

Acoustic

diluted

indiscretion

disconcerted

consternation
propel

virtuosos

demarcation

pompously

labyrinth

assiduously

aspirated

Rudiments

pilferers

amputating

colossal

ascetics

esthetes

flabbergasted

amalgamated

caricature

ignoramus

nondescript

undulating

austere

benefactor

premonition

sonorous

confab

sentinel

infantilism

abject

vices

erudite

dubious
veneer

tawny

lanky

fervid

subsidize

sepulchral

bonhomie

incandescent

dilapidated

peace is a purely theoretical concept. There are, and there always will be,
conflicts, whatever semblance they take.

adversary

sardonic

hoisted

improbable

fatalistically

cavernous

bode

edifying

instigated

accentuated

exultant

importune

impertinent

repartee

dexterity

“You hate me. You all hate me. And the saddest thing is that you don’t hate me
because of what I discovered about you. You hate me because you sense, deep down,
that I am the person who understands you the most in the whole world. I stuck to
your recent memories, signorina, but if I had gone right back to your birth, I
would know you better than you do yourself.”

voluptuous
incinerator

“Some humans are objects while they’re alive, Mademoiselle Eulalia.”

“At what moment do we cease to be humans and become objects?”

Note: Wht makes a human "human" then?

effusively

starchy

envisaged

désolé

sepia

sonorous

endeavoring

The story goes that the angels were living in the gardens of Knowledge, while
humans were groveling in the dark caves of Ignorance.
Note: Ignorance is refer to dark cave
Reference to genesis

they emerged from the caves of Ignorance to discover the world. ‘

Note: Knowing you are ignorant is the start of seeking knowledge

reap

“He who sows the wind shall reap the storm.”

Note: Bible quote
Meaning a folish action could cause a chain of consequences

make a spectacle of oneself

expulsion

denounced

Necromancers

she was overwhelmed by the silence reigning within

contours

vertigo

Luck doesn’t exist,” Octavio chipped in, coldly. “We alone are the authors of our
destiny.

austere

lectern
Incredulity

Exultation

imperious

obstinately

apt

wan

incongruous

indomitable

improbable

palpable

flabbergasted

imminent

plummet

chalice

discretion

surreptitiously

lexical

caustic

abrasive

Imperiously

reproach

ostracism

sulfurous

innocuous

agitator

incitement

envisaged

supercilious

congealing

pique
purloined

fiendishly

contours

transgressions

incriminating

lamentable

lugubrious

cusp

fissure

She had expected words and gestures from Thorn that she had never offered him. At
no time had she said “we.” At no time had she reached out to him. At no time had
she laid herself bare.

This realization ran through her like a fissure; the surface of her being felt as
if it were shattering, like eggshell. It hurt, but Ophelia knew that it was a
necessary pain. Her suffering soared when her old identity shattered.
She could feel herself dying. She would finally be able to live.

Note: Reference to demian

Why does changing,growung hurts??

Barely had this thought occurred to Ophelia than she understood the reason for her
being within the gap. This space was the very reflection of her inner state.
Neither child nor
Note: Hmm...what does between of that mean?

adult, neither girl nor woman, she had remained stuck on the cusp of her life. She
had expected words and gestures from Thorn that she had

nebulous

silhouette

vestige

courteous

aviary

acuity

patently

veneration

caliber

voracity
stifled

accost

beseeching

entreaty

enterprise

credulity

indoctrinated

negate

indelible

idiosyncrasy

digression

eminently

engendered

covetousness

imbued

imperative

laboriously

leaden

emaciated

obscurity

regurgitated

lithe

megalomaniac

singeing

febrile

replete