My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.

  • -- Sara Paretsky 莎拉帕勒斯基

我的父母是自由派知识分子,但他们甚至希望我呆在家里照顾弟弟妹妹,做家务。

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If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space.

如果你是一名作家,你会把自己置身于一堵沉默的墙后,无论你在做什么,开车、散步还是做家务,你都可以写作,因为你有这样的空间。

We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the Arab world.

我们没有多少知识分子能在国际上为我们说话。我们没有在阿拉伯世界之外得到认可、尊重和爱戴的作家。

Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.

自由主义者声称希望听取其他观点,但当他们发现有其他观点时,感到震惊和愤怒。

A lot of parents ask me how to get kids to eat more vegetables. The first thing I say is that it starts from the top.

很多家长问我如何让孩子多吃蔬菜。我要说的第一件事是它从顶部开始。

One of the misconceptions about BlackBerry is that it's your parents' smartphone.

人们对黑莓的误解之一是,它是你父母的智能手机。

Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom.

愤怒的自由主义者只是我的智慧带来的更令人愉快的副作用之一。

The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.

一个人越不聪明,他就越觉得这个世界不神秘。