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“i meant what i said, and i said what i meant.”
― Water for Elephants
― Water for Elephants
“Betrayal. Translation means doing violence upon the original, means warping and distorting it for foreign, unintended eyes. So then where does that leave us? How can we conclude, except by acknowledging that an act of translation is then necessarily always an act of betrayal?”
― Babel
― Babel
“And so being young and dipped in folly I fell in love with melancholy.”
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“It's just a crazy damned life, that's all ...”
― Water for Elephants
― Water for Elephants
“Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it.”
― Water for Elephants
― Water for Elephants
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