An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence.

  • -- Raymond Chandler 雷蒙德·钱德勒

一个不能写诗的时代,除了颓废者的聪明才智之外,什么文学也不能写。

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Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose.

散文在某些场合可以承载大量的诗歌;另一方面,诗歌在适度的散文重压下沉沦和沉沦。

Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.

文学是一种职业,你必须不断向没有才华的人证明你的才华。

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

美是一种外在的礼物,除了被拒绝过的人,很少有人会轻视它。

Literature can stop my heart and execute me for a moment, allow me to become someone else.

文学可以让我的心停止跳动,让我暂时死去,让我成为另一个人。

A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances.

一首诗可以产生影响,但你不能指望听众能理解所有的细微差别。

I'm afraid of needles, except acupuncture needles.

我怕针,除了针灸针。