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A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

  • -- G. K. Chesterton 特顿

一本好的小说告诉我们关于主人公的真相;但是一部糟糕的小说告诉我们关于作者的真相。

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A good novel should be deeply unsettling - its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake.

一部好的小说应该是令人深感不安的——它的满足感应该来自它的真实性和形式上的连贯性。我们必须感觉到一些至关重要的事情正处于危险之中。

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A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.

一本文笔优美的书就像一张魔毯，把我们带到一个我们无法以任何其他方式进入的世界。

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The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

人人都钦佩的书是那些没人读的书。

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I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.

我认为没有人写过伟大的漫画小说。

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If nothing else, a house is a place to keep books in.

如果没有别的，房子就是放书的地方。

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Write what will stop your breath if you don’t write.

如果你不写，什么会让你停止呼吸。

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