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Of course it's why you want to become a writer - because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it.

  • -- Tobias Wolff 托比亚斯·沃尔夫

当然，这就是为什么你想成为一名作家——因为你有这样做的自由，但一旦你有了自由，你也有义务去做。

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I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before.

我认为我为比我想象中更多的人写作的想法已经产生了一种文学和政治上的普遍责任。我甚至有一种自豪感，因为我不想落后于我以前所做的。

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The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

生存的全部秘密就是无所畏惧。不要害怕你会变成什么样子，不要依靠任何人。只有当你拒绝所有的帮助时，你才会获得自由。

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Our moneyed men have ruled us for the past thirty years. Under the flag of the slaveholder they hoped to destroy our liberty.

过去三十年来，有钱人一直统治着我们。他们打着奴隶主的旗号，企图破坏我们的自由。

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I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say.

我从来没有写过一本书。这有点像听写。我有话要说。

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Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

对拥有的对象不负有义务的占有接近幸福。

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The nation's obligation to her defenders is as old as that defense itself.

这个国家对她的辩护人的义务和这种辩护本身一样古老。

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