If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

  • -- Jane Austen 简·奥斯汀

如果一本书写得好,我总是觉得它太短了。

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Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.

书是完美的娱乐:没有广告,没有电池,每花一美元就能享受数小时的快乐。我想知道的是,为什么每个人都不随身携带一本书,去寻找生活中那些不可避免的死点。

I'm a bit of a caveman - I don't go out into the digital space very often. I lie facedown on the grass and count how many bugs I can find.

我有点像穴居人——我不经常去数字空间。我面朝下躺在草地上,数着我能找到多少只虫子。

I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of.

我写作是为了给自己力量。我写作是为了成为我不是的角色。我写作是为了探索我所害怕的一切。

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.

年轻时,白天短,岁月长。年老时,年岁短,白天长。

There is a joke that your hammer will always find nails to hit. I find that perfectly acceptable.

有个笑话说,你的锤子总能找到钉子砸。我觉得这完全可以接受。

I do think that short story writing is often a matter of luck.

我确实认为写短篇小说常常是运气的问题。

As a general rule, writing is very inconvenient.

一般来说,写作很不方便。

People will perish, but books are immortal.

人会死,书却是不朽的。