"The science fiction stories are not for the promotion of science and are not only science stories; but stories."

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“The translator translates a book for the ones who are not familiar with its language of origin. If someone can read it in the language of origin, he will not need to read its translation. So, when you translate, you first suppose that you translate it for someone who does not know its language and could not explore that world and that thought.”

“The best critic of a translation is its second translation and nothing else. The person who translates a text should have something to say about that.”

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"Some stories, she'd say, the more you tell them, the faster you use them up. Those kind, the drama burns off, and every version, they sound more silly and flat. The other kind of story, it uses you up…"

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"Like the East Side tenement, our house was seldom without the sound of music or laughter or questions being asked or stories being told."

— Harpo Marx

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"“The narrative of thy battles eclipses the stories of Rustam and Isfandiyar. Thou didst bring an army in one night from Dhangan to Jalandhar… Thou didst direct but one assault and by that alone brough…"

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