“The word 'translation' comes, etymologically, from the Latin for 'bearing across'. Having been borne across the world, we are translated men. It is normally supposed that something always gets lost in translation; I cling, obstinately to the notion that something can also be gained.”
― Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
― Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticism 1981-1991
“Toen ging hij slapen, met zijn hoofd op de woorden waar hij het meest van hield: warm, alles, altijd, ik.”
― Het vertrek van de mier
― Het vertrek van de mier
“Pheoby’s hungry listening helped Janie to tell her story. So she went on thinking back to her young years and explaining them to her friend in soft, easy phrases while all around the house, the night time put on flesh and blackness.”
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― Their Eyes Were Watching God
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