Which of us has not felt that the character we are reading in the printed page is more real than the person standing beside us?

  • -- Cornelia Funke 柯奈莉亚·冯克

我们当中有谁没有感觉到,我们在纸上读到的人物,比站在我们身边的人更真实?

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Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece -- by thought, choice, courage, and determination.

良好的品格比杰出的才能更值得称赞。在某种程度上,大多数才能都是一种天赋。相反,良好的品格不是赋予我们的。我们必须一步一步地建设它——通过思考、选择、勇气和决心。

It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.

是书教会了我,最折磨我的是那些把我和所有活着的人,或者曾经活着的人联系在一起的东西。

The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that conceived and composed that book.

优秀的、令人钦佩的读者并不认同书中的男孩或女孩,而是认同构思和创作那本书的人。

Mystery writing involves solving a puzzle, but 'high suspense' writing is a situation whereby the writer thrusts the hero/heroine into high drama.

悬疑写作涉及解决谜题,而“高悬疑”写作则是作者将男/女主人公推入高潮。

I've played almost every lead character from Henry VI to Othello. I'm dying to tackle Richard III sometime.

从亨利六世到奥赛罗,我几乎演过所有的主角。我真想找个时间对付理查三世。

I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.

当我写作的时候我不快乐,但当我不快乐的时候我更不快乐。