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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So many of the recipes that I come up with have a story. I'm a blogger. It flowed very naturally out of me, but I also knew this was a way to set my recipes apart. A, they are always using interesting ingredients but B, there is always a story behind it.

我想到的很多食谱都有一个故事。我是一个博客。它很自然地从我体内流出,但我也知道这是一种让我的食谱与众不同的方法。第一,他们总是使用有趣的原料,但是第二,这背后总是有一个故事。

There have been times when I reread - or at least leafed through - something because I'd sent a copy to a friend, and what usually happened was that I noticed dozens and dozens of clumsy phrases I wished I could rewrite.

有好几次,因为给朋友发了一份邮件,我又重读了一遍,或者至少是草草翻阅了一遍,而通常发生的情况是,我注意到一堆又一堆笨拙的短语,真希望我能重写一遍。

Whatever they may say, your story is truly your own. You have a responsibility to it, the way a father has to a child.

不管他们怎么说,你的故事就是你自己的。你对它有责任,就像一个父亲对一个孩子一样。

Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience.

幸运的是,我总是带着一本书去旅行,以防我不得不排队等圣诞老人,或者其他一些不便。

I was quite a reader before I became a writer.

在我成为作家之前,我是个十足的读者。

Mallet strikes chisel; chisel splits wood.

锤击凿;木头凿分裂。

I guess there are never enough books.

我想书总是不够。

I love beautiful wood.

我喜欢漂亮的木头。