I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels.

-- Tobias Wolff 托比亚斯·沃尔夫

我相信短篇小说的形式和诗歌一样不同，在我看来最好的小说在精神上更接近诗歌而不是小说。

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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.

诗歌不是情感的放纵，而是情感的逃避;它不是个性的表现，而是对个性的一种逃避。但是，当然，只有那些有个性和情感的人才知道想要逃离这些东西意味着什么。

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For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity.

因为我学会了观察大自然，不像在年少无知的时候那样，而是常常聆听人类那沉静而忧伤的音乐。

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Adult stem cells tend not to form tumors.

成体干细胞一般不会形成肿瘤。

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Wit is the lowest form of humor.

机智是幽默的最低形式。

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