Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.

  • -- Steven Saylor 史蒂文·赛勒

即使是最粗糙、最衍生的小说,也表达了作者对善与恶的希望、恐惧和想法。

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It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.

认真对待重要的事情比认真对待重要的事情更重要。猴子脸上带着严肃的表情,这对任何大学生来说都是一种荣誉,但是猴子很严肃,因为他发痒。

A musician cannot move others unless he too is moved. He must of necessity feel all of the affects that he hopes to arouse in his audience, for the revealing of his own humour will stimulate a like humour in the listener.

音乐家不能感动别人,除非他自己也被感动。他必须感受到他希望在听众中引起的所有影响,因为他自己的幽默的流露将会在听众中激起同样的幽默。

I paint abstract expressions.

我画抽象的表达式。

I hate getting my hopes up.

我讨厌抱太大希望。