“Venice invites moral surrender not with a playful wink, but with the understanding that she is and has always been, sluttish under here regal disgues.”

“I realized that cats make a perfect audience, they don't laugh at you, they never contradict you, there's no need to impress them, and they won't divulge your secrets.”

“Get off me you dirty turnip!" "Dirty turnip? well, pardon me Signor Cabbage-Head!”

“To die is nothing, but to live with purpose and integrity, that's something”

“...unrequited love does not die; it's only beaten down to a secret place where it hides, curled and wounded. For some unfortunates, it turns bitter and mean, and those who come after pay the price for the hurt done by the one who came before.”

“There is no such thing as a perfect, ideal, or 'correct' translation. A translator is always trying to extend his knowledge and improve his means of expression; he is always pursuing facts and words.”

“A satisfactory translation is not always possible, but a good translator is never satisfied with it. It can usually be improved. (Newmark)”