When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly.

  • -- Jen Knox 杰恩·诺克斯

当写作好的时候,一本书就变成了一面镜子。读者会看到一种不可思议的熟悉感,并做出相应的反应。

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Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,-Wait and hope.

直到上帝屈尊向人类揭示未来的那一天,人类所有的智慧都归结于这两个词:等待和希望。

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.

我认为写作的某些方面是可以教的。很明显,你不能教授视觉或天赋。但你可以帮助安慰。

What we wish for, dream and imagine is the very framework and foundation of everything we create.

我们的愿望、梦想和想象是我们所创造的一切的框架和基础。

The demand that I make of my reader is that he should devote his whole Life to reading my works.

我对我的读者的要求是他应该把他的一生都奉献给阅读我的作品。

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

阅读是写作之后的一种活动:更顺从、更文明、更理智。

We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more original than our own.

我们常常在不知不觉中阅读,以寻求一种比我们自己更有独创性的思想。

The best stories don't come from "good vs. bad" but "good vs. good.

最好的故事不是来自“好与坏”,而是“好与好”。

I have to always remember, writing is really hard.

我必须永远记住,写作真的很难。