But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of his verse, the poet walks gagged through his own biography.

  • -- John Updike 约翰·厄普代克

但是,从他的信中摘录的几句话和一两行奇怪的诗句中,这位诗人却在自己的传记中感到窒息。

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The other side of it is that, despite all that, people reach out to poetry at the key moments in their lives.

另一方面,尽管如此,人们在生命的关键时刻接触诗歌。

I just love biography, and I'm fascinated by people who have shifted our destinies or our points of view.

我喜欢传记,我被那些改变了我们命运或观点的人所吸引。

I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.

我是那些写诗的黑暗、安静的孩子之一。

Biography should be written by an acute enemy.

传记应该由一个尖锐的敌人来写。