When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing.

  • -- Raymond Queneau 雷蒙·格诺

当尤利西斯听到一个史诗诗人唱他自己的故事,然后他暴露了自己的身份,诗人想继续唱下去,尤利西斯不再感兴趣了。这是非常惊人的。

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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be.

一个音乐家必须创作音乐,一个艺术家必须绘画,一个诗人必须写作,如果他想最终与自己和平相处。一个人能成为什么样的人,他必须成为什么样的人。

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

有时长时间的争论可能会成为友谊长久的原因。通常,那些互相争论的人最后都会同意。

I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it.

我一直认为政治是一件很无聊的事情。政治从来没有像它所涉及的人那样使我感兴趣。

The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy.

诗人控制着自己的幻想,而他的幻想又恰恰是神经质的标志。

I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.

我想我想成为一个剧作家,因为我对故事和讲故事感兴趣。

I can no longer walk. I can no longer swim. But I'm lucky when I see how animals suffer.

我再也走不动了。我不能再游泳了。但我很幸运,当我看到动物是如何受苦的。

Tell me whom you love and I will tell you who you are.

告诉我你爱谁,我就会知道你是谁。

I like to think that I'm a sort of poet for our times.

我喜欢认为我是我们这个时代的诗人。