Both sides Quote by Henry James Download Open image “Novelist-Citizen of Two Countries Interpreter of his Generation on both Sides of the Sea.” — Henry James ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Both sides Citizens Country Generations Interpreter Novelists Sea Sides Tombstone Two Two countries
A writer who wants to be translated and published abroad faces a very difficult challenge: first of all, he must make sure that his… — Sergei Lukyanenko Copy Share Image
“He was a seaman, but he was a wanderer, too, while most seamen lead, if one may so express it, a sedentary life. Their minds are of the stay-at-home order, and their home is always with them - the ship; and so is their country - the sea. One ship is very much like another, and the sea is always… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share
“Of all my novels, this book will stand out for me because of the sea change it inspired in the way I think about… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Although citizens of the same country who spoke the same language, they belonged to two different worlds. These worlds were far apart and their… — Xu Xiaobin Copy Share Image
I'm an immigrant writer, or an African writer, or an Ethiopian-American writer, and occasionally an American writer according to the whims and needs of my interpreters. — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share
“So many people consider their work a daily punishment. Whereas I love my work as a translator. Translation is a journey over a sea… — Amara Lakhous Copy Share Image
“I believe half of a writer’s job is to, really, take you to another world and give you a view of things, information about… — Caleb Carr Copy Share Image
“(about sailors) Their minds are of the stay-at-home order, and their home is always with them - the ship; and so is their country - the sea. One ship is very much like another, and the sea is always the same. In the immutability of their surroundings the foreign shores, the foreign faces, the changing immensity of life, glide past,… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share
“From the very beginning perplexing and wandering from one ocean to another an everlasting wander” — Rixa White Copy Share Image
“Today's culture is unfortunately inseparable from economic and military power. A ruling nation can impose its culture and give a worldwide fame to a… — Luis Buñuel Copy Share Image
Writer's make national literature, while translators make universal literature. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Though there are some disagreeable things in Venice there is nothing so disagreeable as the visitors. — Henry James Copy Share Image
“In literature we move through a blest world in which we know nothing except by style, but in which everything is saved by it.” — Henry James Copy Share Image
“I shall stay here as long as I may, I don't want to think — I needn't think. I don't care for anything but… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“...It often seemed to her that she thought too much about herself, you could have made her blush any day of the year, by… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“I reflected acutely that the sense of such differences, such superiorities of quality, always, on the part of the majority—which could include even stupid,… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“She had had a real fright but had fallen back to earth. The odd thing was that in her fall her fear too had… — Henry James Copy Share Image
“She had never met a woman who had less of that fault which is the principal obstacle to friendship - the air of reproducing… — Henry James Copy Share Image
If you have work to do, don't wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it. — Henry James Copy Share Image
It is no wonder he wins every game. He has never done a thing in his life exept play games — Henry James Copy Share Image
I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad… — Tom Segev Copy Share Image
Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
There's no way to have a peace agreement unless the mediator or negotiator looks at both sides from an equal basis. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
It's almost inevitable there's going to be an escalation on both sides. — Bill Luther Copy Share Image
I have yet to see someone attack Obama over his report card. A lot of people I talk to from both sides of the… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
I have an office full of product from brands trying to be in videos and an inbox full of songs from artists, but at… — Adam Kluger Copy Share Image
I am like all other atheists only in that I do not believe there are any gods. Beyond that, I may differ dramatically in… — Richard Carrier Copy Share Image
When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of 'thuggery' practiced on both sides, that terrible things were… — Rufus Jones Copy Share Image
I find that Americans are all in the middle somewhere, except for the extreme nuts, and extreme nuts on both sides are the loudest.… — Christopher Titus Copy Share Image
My family was musical on both sides. My father's family had a famous flautist and a classical pianist. My mother won a contest to… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides. — Jon Huntsman, Jr Copy Share Image
I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image