The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.

  • -- Ursula K. Le Guin 娥苏拉·勒瑰恩

未读的故事不是故事;木浆上有小黑点。读者,读它,使它活:一个活的东西,一个故事。

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History, real solemn history, I cannot be interested in.... I read it a little as a duty; but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars and pestilences in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all - it is very tiresome.

历史,真正严肃的历史,我不可能感兴趣……我把它当作一种责任来读;但它告诉我的一切,既没有使我烦恼,也没有使我厌烦。教皇和国王的争吵,每一页都有战争和瘟疫;所有的男人都是那么一无是处,几乎没有一个女人——这是非常令人讨厌的。

In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.

从真正意义上说,读过优秀文学作品的人比那些不会或不愿读的人活得更长。我们并不是只有一次生命;如果我们能读书,我们就能过上更多的生活,过上我们想过的各种各样的生活。

If you're a reporter, the easiest thing in the world is to get a story. The hardest thing is to verify. The old sins were about getting something wrong, that was a cardinal sin. The new sin is to be boring.

如果你是一个记者,世界上最简单的事情就是得到一个故事。最难的是验证。以前的罪是犯了错误,这是主要的罪。新的罪是无聊。

The reader as well as the main character does not view the work from outside. He too is in the labyrinth.

读者和主角都不会从外面看这部作品。他也在迷宫里。

I have a great story to tell... and I tell it well. No holds barred.

我有一个很棒的故事要讲……我说得很好。毫不留情。

What reader wants to be told what attitude to strike?

什么读者希望被告知罢工的态度?

Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.

自己砍柴,会暖和两倍。

Fields have eyes and woods have ears.

田野有眼,森林有耳。