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It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass.

  • -- Eudora Welty 韦尔蒂

当我发现故事书是由人写的，书并不是自然奇观，而是像草一样自己生长出来的时候，我感到既震惊又失望。

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I like writing a lot more than I used to. I used to find it scary but now I've got used to it once it gets going. I used to find it hard to start. Fear of the blank page. The first thing you write down won't bear any relation to what's in your head and that's always disappointing.

我比以前更喜欢写作了。我以前觉得很可怕，但现在我已经习惯了。我以前觉得很难开始。害怕空白页。你写下的第一件事和你脑子里想的没有任何关系，这总是令人失望。

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What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say something that's startling or is so poignant.

我真正喜欢的是明智的评论。不一定是正的。这是一篇有洞察力的评论，有时人们会说一些令人吃惊或深刻的话。

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To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.

感受最美丽的生活意味着阅读一些美丽的东西，随时准备在语言的流动中领悟诗歌的突然闪现。

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The physical voice we use in prayer need not be great nor startling; even should we not lift up any great cry or shout, God will yet hear us.

我们在祷告时所用的声音不必是伟大的，也不必是惊人的;我们就是不大声呼喊，神也必听我们。

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It's disappointing because we were so close, and we all know how tough it is to get that close.

这很令人失望，因为我们离得太近了，我们都知道离得那么近有多难。

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A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

一本书是一件极好的礼物。虽然它可能会磨损，但它永远不会变老。

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We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.

我们必须为工作本身而工作，而不是为了财富、关注或掌声。

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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.

很多唱片公司雇佣的会计师比懂音乐的人多得多。

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Sometimes I think books are the only friends worth having.

有时候我认为书是唯一值得拥有的朋友。

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When people don't get enough information, they make it up.

当人们得不到足够的信息时，他们就会编造出来。

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But a reader's ambition knows no bounds.

但是，读者的抱负是无限的。

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I love writing for the screen.

我喜欢为银幕写作。

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