There isn't, even now, a great tradition of novel-writing in Afghanistan. Most of the literature is in the form of poetry.

  • -- Khaled Hosseini 哈立德·侯赛尼

即使是现在,阿富汗也没有写小说的伟大传统。大多数文学作品是以诗歌的形式出现的。

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Poetry had far better imply things than preach them directly... in the open pulpit her voice grows hoarse and fails.

诗歌所隐含的意义远胜于直接的说教。在公开的讲坛上,她的声音变得嘶哑而失败。

Culture is the bed-rock, the final wall, against which one leans one’s back in a g-d-forsaken chaos.

文化是床岩,是最后一堵墙,在这堵墙的衬托下,一个人仰卧在被遗弃的混乱之中。

Tradition, if not constantly recreated, can be as much a millstone as a mill-wheel.

传统,如果不经常被重新创造,就会像磨盘一样成为磨盘。

It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.

没有灵魂上的诗人是不可能成为数学家的。