The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence.

  • -- Cyril Connolly 西里尔·康诺利

我们读的书越多,就越清楚地认识到,作家的真正职责是创作一部杰作,没有其他任何任务是重要的。

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The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

现代断言的含蓄有时被推到极端,在这种情况下,对被反驳的恐惧使作者几乎丧失了所有的意义和意义。

Prediction is not just one of the things your brain does. It is the primary function of the neo-cortex, and the foundation of intelligence.

预测不仅仅是你的大脑所做的事情之一。它是新皮质的主要功能,也是智力的基础。

I'd never faced that guy, ... All we had on him was that the guy threw really hard, with a big overhand curve. Well, … both were true.

我从没见过那家伙…我们对他的印象就是他投得很用力,有一个很大的上手弧线。都是真的。

Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.

我给你们这些作家付了一大笔钱,为了什么?你所要做的就是换词。

True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.

真爱存在于不存在的地方,你找不到它;存在于爱存在的地方,你也不能否认它。

Science has fulfilled her function when she has ascertained and enunciated truth.

当科学确定并阐明真理时,它就完成了它的功能。