A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.

  • -- Saul Bellow 索尔·贝娄

一部小说在一些真实的印象和许多虚假的印象之间取得平衡,而这些印象构成了我们所说的生活的大部分。

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Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears.

除了一些简单的原则外,我认为英语散文的声音和节奏很重要,作家和读者都不应该太相信规则,而应该相信自己的耳朵。

I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.

我平衡了所有的一切,把所有的一切都记在脑海里,未来的岁月仿佛是在浪费气息,浪费在身后的岁月,在平衡着这生,这死。

I have a history of eating disorders but, as a mother, you think of being an example to your child. I'm so much more balanced than I was.

我有饮食失调的历史,但作为一个母亲,你想成为你孩子的榜样。我比以前平衡多了。

The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.

艺术家的世界是无限的。它可以在任何地方找到,远离他住的地方或几英尺远。它总是在他的门阶上。