There is probably a smell of roasted chestnuts and other good comfortable things all the time, for we are telling Winter Stories - Ghost Stories, or more shame for us - round the Christmas fire; and we have never stirred, except to draw a little nearer to it.

  • -- Charles Dickens 查尔斯·狄更斯

也许总是有烤栗子和其他舒服的好东西的味道,因为我们围着圣诞节的炉火讲冬天的故事——鬼故事,或者更让我们感到羞耻的故事;我们从来没有动过,只是想再靠近一点。

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Life isn't so complicated for children. They have more time to think about the really important things. That's why I occasionally moralise in my children's books in a way I wouldn't dare when writing for adults.

对孩子们来说,生活并没有那么复杂。他们有更多的时间去思考真正重要的事情。这就是为什么我偶尔会在我的儿童读物中以一种我在为成人写作时不敢用的方式说教。

Surfing is such an amazing concept. You're taking on Nature with a little stick and saying, 'I'm gonna ride you!' And a lot of times Nature says, 'No you're not!' and crashes you to the bottom.

冲浪是一个非常棒的概念。你用一根小棍子挑战自然,然后说,‘我要骑着你!很多时候,大自然会说:“不,你不是!”然后把你摔到水底。