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The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.

  • -- Terry Southern 剧作家邵

写作中最重要的是让人惊讶的能力。不是震惊——震惊这个词已经过时了——而是震惊。

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Nothing else matters much -- not wealth, nor learning, nor even health -- without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be able to believe in life.

没有这一天赋——保持生活热情的精神能力，没有什么比财富、学识甚至健康更重要的了。这是信条的信条，是所有重要信仰的最终沉淀和升华:你应该能够相信生活。

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I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.

我只希望普通人有无限的伤害能力;然后他们可能会有无限的力量做好事。

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Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it.

原罪是关于人的一件事，它使人能够设想自己的完美，却不能实现它。

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Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.

有时候，一天中最重要的事情就是在两次深呼吸之间休息。

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