I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization.

  • -- George Saunders 山德斯

我认为在我们这个时代,我们得到的很多信息都是预极化的。小说有一种方式提醒我们,我们实际上在情感、神经、欲望和恐惧方面是非常相似的,所以我认为这是一种很好的方式来消除这种两极分化。

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I didn't realize until I was older what a huge music fan my daddy really was, and actually that my grandma played banjo at one time, and I didn't even know that until a year or two ago.

直到我长大了,我才意识到我爸爸是一个多么狂热的音乐迷,事实上,我奶奶曾经弹过班卓琴,而我直到一两年前才知道。

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

我不相信悲观主义。如果某件事没有以你想要的方式出现,勇往直前。如果你认为会下雨,就会下雨。

Stop wasting your time looking for the key to happiness… the door is open and unlocked… just walk through it.

不要再浪费时间去寻找幸福的钥匙了,门是开着的,没有锁的,径直走进去吧。

It doesn’t take objectivity to know what you want, and you’re not objective enough to know what you need.

知道自己想要什么并不需要客观,你也不够客观,不知道自己需要什么。

Keep reminding yourself: I get what I think about, whether I want it or not.

不断提醒自己:我得到了我所想的,不管我想不想要。