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Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy

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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 ...more

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― Nora Ephron, Heartburn

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“When I first learned about the Dewey decimal system, I assumed it was an impartial way of defining and filing the breadth of knowable information. I came to understand that the intention of the filer and the perspective that they carry play a huge role in how Dewey, and any other system, is employed.”
― R. Eric Thomas, Here for It; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays

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― Jake Maia Arlow, The Year My Life Went Down the Toilet

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― Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn

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“Outside, the sun was glowing, and the air was thick with gray clouds of exhaust, sounds of drilling, and ice cream trucks singing. There was a black dog licking a dripping fire hydrant and cherry tomatoes set out like little jewels. Magnolia was thrilled by all of it.”
― Chanel Miller, Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

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