“So the poor translator must not just go back and forth between two languages, but if he is worthy of his calling must shift between two selves, with all the perils of this induced schizophrenia.”

“Every act of communication is an act of translation.”

“If there is love enough,then nothing-not nature, not even death itself- can come between two who love each other.”

“The past reflects eternally between two mirrors -the bright mirror of words and deeds, and the dark one, full of things we didn't do or say.”

“He must desire the scent of the smoke of their sacrifice.”

“If it has to be done at all, it must be done with grace.”

“His avenging angel had come to call him home. A suicide was waiting for him back in his own world, and by now he ought to have learned enough to get through it successfully.”