Translation Is a Love Affair Quotes

“Organic grow-your-own-granola food is not my style. When a style or a trend wants to impose a way of behaving on me, I do the exact opposite; I might even develop a particular fondness for potassium sorbate and sodium erythorbate.”
― Jacques Poulin, Translation Is a Love Affair

“If the soul was in the habit of flying away to a star after death, it meant that it was made up essentially of light. Which meant that in every individual, even the most disagreeable, there was a spark, a little flame that made him unique and precious.”
― Jacques Poulin, Translation Is a Love Affair

“If the soul was in the habit of flying away to a star after death, it meant that it was made up essentially of light. Which meant that in every individual, even
the most disagreeable, there was a spark, a little flame that made him unique and precious.”
― Jacques Poulin, Translation Is a Love Affair

“My night was carved into little bits. One bit for sleep, one for bad dreams, one for hot chocolate, one for the moon's reflection on the pond, one for regrets and melancholy, and yet another for sleep.”
― Jacques Poulin, Translation Is a Love Affair

“Under the word refuge, I found this definition: "Small structure high in the mountains where climbers can spend the night."

In my opinion that was the best definition of a novel.”
― Jacques Poulin, Translation Is a Love Affair