A translator is essentially a reader and we all read differently, except that a translator's reading remains in unchanging print — Gregory Rabassa Copy Share Image
“I was seized by remorse and the sense of guilt, which hurried me away to a hell of intense tortures as no… — MARY SHELLY Copy Share Image
If I can learn to understand this language without words, I can learn to understand the world. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Sometimes, one gesture comprises an entire drama, the accent of one word ruins an entire existence, and the indifference of one glance… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
The psychology of a language which, in one way or another, is imposed upon one because of factors beyond one's control, is… — Edward Sapir Copy Share Image
Certain words now in our knowledge we will not use again, and we will never forget them. We need them. Like the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You told me trees could speak and the only reason one heard silence in the forest was that they had all been… — Carol Goodman Copy Share Image
I try to keep my sentences quite pared back. What I really want to do is observe people's relationships and interactions. I… — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate. — Paul Tillich Copy Share Image
I asked, "What are words?" The tenzo said, "One, two, three, four, five." I asked again, "What is practice?" "Nothing in the… — Dogen Copy Share Image
Sam:"Okay, what words would you use then?" I leaned back in the seat, thinking, as Sam looked at me doubtfully. He was… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“My name is Lev," said Lev. "My name is Lydia," said the woman. And they shook hands, Lev's hand holding the scrunched-up… — Rose Tremain Copy Share Image
She was fascinated with words. To her, words were things of beauty, each like a magical powder or potion that could be… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I've been looking at companies that are on a positive path vs. a negative path and I've come to use the language… — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
One thing for sure is it will be written in the Icelandic language. All of my literary work is. — Sjon Copy Share Image
I don't think all poems need to be written in conversational language - those are often great poems but there should also… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
The questioner has to come to an end. It is the questioner that creates the answer; and the questioner comes into being… — U.G. Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
