No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

  • -- Ezra Pound 以斯拉镑

没有人能读懂一本深奥的书,除非他至少读过其中的一部分内容,并亲身经历过。

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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.

每个人的皮肤下都住着几百个人。作家的才能在于,他能够赋予他们独立的名字、身份、个性,并让他们与与他生活在一起的其他人物联系起来。

Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers. How delightful if that were true.

也许书中有一种神秘的归巢本能,能把它们带给完美的读者。如果这是真的,那该多好啊。

All a writer has to do to get a woman is to say he's a writer. It's an aphrodisiac.

一个作家要得到一个女人,只要说他是个作家就行了。它是春药。

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.

头脑需要书籍,就像剑需要磨石一样,如果它想保持锋利的话。