Thousand Quotes - Page 7
The clumsiest literal translation is a thousand times more useful than the prettiest paraphrase.
Vladimir Nabokov (2012). “Vladimir Nabokov: Selected Letters 1940-1977”, p.179, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
To have a childhood means to live a thousand lives before the one.
Rainer Maria Rilke (2007). “Letters on Life: New Prose Translations”, p.77, Modern Library
Melina Marchetta (2007). “Saving Francesca”, p.190, Knopf Books for Young Readers
Euripides (2013). “Euripides V: Bacchae, Iphigenia in Aulis, The Cyclops, Rhesus”, p.58, University of Chicago Press