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#3771voted by our readers
By elaineunleashed GOLD
Beijing, Other

The ultimate goal of translation is to make readers think that they’re reading the original piece, right? Wrong.  Translating is one of human’s most powerful...
elaineunleashed GOLD, Beijing, Other
11 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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And one day he would look back upon the fool and know the fool.


#3772 Opinion
literaryaddict PLATINUM, Albuquerque, New Mexico
23 articles 3 photos 157 comments

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"We're almost there and no where near it. All that matters is that we're going." Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls
"The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound." Lady Bracknell, The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde

#3773 Opinion
By acary BRONZE
Reno, Nevada
acary BRONZE, Reno, Nevada
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#3774 Opinion
By Nikkikins BRONZE
Hamburg, New Jersey
Nikkikins BRONZE, Hamburg, New Jersey
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

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"If you truly love something, let it go. If it comes back it's meant to be yours."

#3775 Opinion
Nikki097 BRONZE, Parkland, Florida
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

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“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

#3777 Opinion
By Alexis Walls BRONZE
Indianapolis, Indiana, Indiana
Alexis Walls BRONZE, Indianapolis, Indiana, Indiana
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
#3778 Opinion
octoberose BRONZE, Detroit, Michigan
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#3779 Opinion
By AnotherPerson GOLD
Mississauga, Other
AnotherPerson GOLD, Mississauga, Other
13 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#3780 Opinion
By bellariptor PLATINUM
Lexington, Massachusetts
bellariptor PLATINUM, Lexington, Massachusetts
25 articles 70 photos 16 comments

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Poetry is the soundtrack to my life, the lyrics are my thoughts accompanied by the melody of my emotions.