The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.

  • -- John Mason Brown 约翰·梅森·布朗

写作的目的是拿起一面反映自然的镜子,但今天太多的东西都是用小镜子在虚荣的情况下写出来的。

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When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.

当你写书的时候,你日复一日地扫描和辨认树木。当你完成后,你必须退后一步,看看森林。

I knew that if I was going to write a book, I was going to have to read one, too.

我知道如果我要写一本书,我也必须读一本书。