My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus.

  • -- Robert Edmond Cormier 罗伯特·埃德蒙·科米尔

我的梦想是成为一名作家,能够写出至少一本书供人们阅读。随着我的第一部小说的出版,这个梦想实现了——而其他的一切都是甜蜜的奖励。

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True as this is, it is also true that for one who won through there were many who gained nothing, and it was, and is, the sheer weight of numbers of those who failed of this that has made their influence on the modern life as pervasive and controlling as it is.

真因为这是,这也是事实,人就有很多获得什么,,,,的数字的那些失败使他们对现代生活的影响是普遍和控制。

I much prefer working with kids whose life could be completely upended by a reading of a book over a weekend. You give them a book to read - they go home and come back a changed person. And that is so much more interesting and exciting.

我更喜欢和孩子们一起工作,他们的生活可能被周末读一本书彻底颠覆。你给他们一本书读,他们回家后就变成了另一个人。这是非常有趣和令人兴奋的。

Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you, but the book will be pretty boring.

完美的女主人公,就像完美的英雄一样,是无法让人产生共鸣的,如果你不能设身处地为主人公着想,他们不仅不会激励你,书也会很无聊。

Maybe if I'd not been able to kick a ball it would have been different, but I doubt it because all my mates are decent blokes now, just normal fellas with families.

也许如果我不能踢球,情况会有所不同,但我对此表示怀疑,因为现在我所有的朋友都是正派的家伙,只是和家人在一起的普通小伙子。

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't.

教育不在于你有多少记忆,甚至不在于你知道多少。它能够区分你知道的和你不知道的。

A true love story never ends.

真正的爱情故事永远不会结束。