Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

  • -- J. G. Ballard 巴拉德

鉴于外部现实是虚构的,作者的角色几乎是多余的。他不需要虚构,因为小说已经存在了。

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When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

当一件事被说成不值得反驳时,你可以肯定它要么是极其愚蠢的(在这种情况下,所有的评论都是多余的),要么就是某种可怕的东西,问题的关键所在。

Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It's the essence of beauty. The essence of pain. It pleases the eye and the ear.

非小说类作品与头脑对话。小说能打动人心。诗歌与灵魂对话。这是美的本质。痛苦的本质。它使人赏心悦目。

When a person dies, the earth is generally unwilling to cough him back up. A miracle contradicts the will of earth.

一个人死后,大地一般不愿把他咳回去。奇迹与地球的意志相矛盾。

Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.

悲观主义者并不无聊。悲观主义者是正确的。悲观主义者是多余的。

Nobody was ever meant, To remember or invent, What he did with every cent.

没有人注定要记住或发明他是如何花掉每一分钱的。

I hope that someday they invent a car that runs on inappropriate thoughts.

我希望有一天他们能发明出一种用不恰当的想法驱动的汽车。

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

生活不是一个需要解决的问题,而是一个需要经历的现实。

Your goals, minus your doubts, equal your reality.

你的目标,减去你的怀疑,就等于你的现实。