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At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

  • -- Raymond Chandler 雷蒙德·钱德勒

至少有一半的悬疑小说出版违反了这样的法律:一旦真相大白，解决之道似乎是不可避免的。

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To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar fact that civilization is a partial, incomplete, and, to a great extent, superficial modification of barbarism.

要处理战争的真正原因，我们必须首先认识到一个众所周知的事实，即文明是对野蛮主义的片面、不完整和在很大程度上是表面的修改，这是与解决问题的首要关系。

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I do not say think as I think, but think in my way. Fear no shadows, least of all in that great spectre of personal unhappiness which binds half the world to orthodoxy.

我不是说想就想，而是用我的方式思考。不要害怕阴影，尤其是那种把半个世界都束缚在正统观念上的巨大的个人不幸幽灵。

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As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women's worlds.

作为一名男性作家，女性总是男性所追求的，她们的世界总是一个谜。所以我总是尽可能多地展示女性世界的观点。

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The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.

移动的手指写字，写字的人继续写。你的全部虔诚和你的全部智慧，也不能抵消它的一半。

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At least there's a political input, but when you put on the robe, at that point the politics is over.

至少有政治因素，但当你穿上长袍，政治就结束了。

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If I don't seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.

如果我看起来不像我应该的那么沮丧或忧郁，抱歉让你失望了。

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The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed.

维持现状是唯一不能被否决的解决方案。

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Why you do something is always kind of a mystery to me.

你为什么要做某事对我来说一直是个谜。

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Seems like some things just aren't the same anymore.

似乎有些事情已经不一样了。

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I was in a bad mood when I wrote that.

我写那封信的时候心情很不好。

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