When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

  • -- Percy Bysshe Shelley 珀西·比西·雪莱

当一件事被说成不值得反驳时,你可以肯定它要么是极其愚蠢的(在这种情况下,所有的评论都是多余的),要么就是某种可怕的东西,问题的关键所在。

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I have always been aware that you have to get people listening before you can change their minds. Any artist's big fear is being ignored, so if you get debate, that's great.

我一直意识到,在你改变人们的想法之前,你必须让他们倾听。任何艺术家最大的恐惧都被忽视了,所以如果你有争议,那很好。

Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.

很多时候,年长的女性被视为受害者,但我认识很多了不起的女性,她们有出色的工作和完整的性生活,还有孩子、朋友和家人。

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

鉴于外部现实是虚构的,作者的角色几乎是多余的。他不需要虚构,因为小说已经存在了。

A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.

剧作家认为纯粹的事件,涉及人类的行为,比任何评论都更引人注目。

Are you a fun-loving Tigger or a sad-sack Eeyore? Pick a camp. I think it's clear where I stand on the great Tigger/Eeyore debate!

你是爱玩的跳跳虎还是爱哭的屹耳?选择一个阵营。我想我在这场关于跳跳虎/屹耳的辩论中所处的位置已经很清楚了!

I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time.

我认为文学的部分工作就是评论和参与当时的社会问题。

It's more important to keep yourself alive, there's nothing worth ever hurting yourself over.

让自己活着更重要,没有什么值得你伤害自己的。

To repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it, requires brains.

重复别人说过的话,需要教育,挑战它,需要智慧。

When an arguer argues dispassionately he thinks only of the argument.

当一个辩论者不动声色地争辩时,他只想到辩论本身。

Love isn't easy, but it's always worth it.

爱不容易,但总是值得的。