Only in the most unusual cases is it useful to determine whether a book is good or bad; for it is just as rare for it to be one or the other. It is usually both.

  • -- Robert Musil 罗伯特·穆齐尔

只有在最不寻常的情况下,判断一本书是好是坏才有用;因为这两者都是罕见的。通常两者都是。

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I was doing a children's book on self-esteem, and I really felt like I wanted to shed the shame I'd been feeling - and maybe make it easier for women my age who had probably felt bad about themselves.

我当时正在写一本关于自尊的儿童读物,我真的觉得我想要摆脱我一直以来的羞耻感,也许这样对我这个年纪的女性来说会更容易一些,因为她们可能对自己感到很不好。

The experience of the race shows that we get our most important education not through books but through our work. We are developed by our daily task, or else demoralized by it, as by nothing else.

比赛的经验表明,我们获得最重要的教育不是通过书本,而是通过我们的工作。我们被日常的任务所发展,或者被日常的任务所挫败,就像没有其他事情一样。

I remember interviewing someone I actually felt bad for, and therefore didn't want to take an ironic stance against him. It actually turned out to be a really funny piece.

我记得我面试过一个人,我真的为他感到难过,因此不想对他采取讽刺的态度。事实上,这是一篇非常有趣的文章。

I was so self-critical. I still am, but it's not as bad anymore.

我太自我批评了。我现在还在,但没那么糟了。