To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.
Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing. It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift.
“We’ve all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.”
“Forget aging. If you’re six feet above ground, it’s a good day.”
“Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.”
To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it.
Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing. It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift.
“We’ve all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.”
“Forget aging. If you’re six feet above ground, it’s a good day.”
“Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted.”