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"I am now reading an abridged German edition, whilst constantly checking the original French text to see if the translator left out a paragraph, in which case I look it up in *another abridged translation*.
At this point, it would be quicker to just get fluent in French." — Mar 12, 2025 01:54PM
"I am now reading an abridged German edition, whilst constantly checking the original French text to see if the translator left out a paragraph, in which case I look it up in *another abridged translation*.
At this point, it would be quicker to just get fluent in French." — Mar 12, 2025 01:54PM
“Boredom is the only real tragedy for a writer; everything else is material.”
― Less
― Less
“People on the side of The People always ended up disappointed, in any case. They found that The People tended not to be grateful or appreciative or forward-thinking or obedient. The People tended to be small-minded and conservative and not very clever and were even distrustful of cleverness. And so the children of the revolution were faced with the age-old problem: it wasn’t that you had the wrong kind of government, which was obvious, but that you had the wrong kind of people.”
― Night Watch
― Night Watch
“It is not the perfect, but the imperfect, who have need of love.
It is when we are wounded by our own hands that love should come to cure us.
Else what use is love at all?”
― An Ideal Husband
It is when we are wounded by our own hands that love should come to cure us.
Else what use is love at all?”
― An Ideal Husband
“I have a secret feeling that we're all Hobbits. Deep down we all want to stay home and feel safe, but we all dream about someone knocking on the door and saying "Come on an adventure and let's have a fun ride.”
― The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Chronicles I: Art & Design
― The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Chronicles I: Art & Design
“Strange, though; because he is afraid of everything, nothing is harder than anything else. Taking a trip around the world is no more terrifying than buying a stick of gum. The daily dose of courage.”
― Less
― Less
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