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Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than another?
如果你是一个作家，文字是最基本的工具。但是为什么呢?为什么选择一组工具而不是另一组?
— James D. Houston 詹姆斯·D·休斯顿
同一主题，不同的表达
更多好句 ↗Science is a method to keep yourself from kidding yourself.
科学是一种防止自己欺骗自己的方法。
Edwin Herbert Land
埃德温·赫伯特·兰德
The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.
世界是一本美丽的书，但对不懂它的人却毫无用处。
Carlo Goldoni
哥尔多尼
Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo
写一本诗集就像把一片玫瑰花瓣扔进大峡谷，等待回音
Don Marquis
马奎斯
Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.
出版一本诗集就像把一片玫瑰花瓣扔进大峡谷，等待回音。
Don Marquis
马奎斯
To a poet the mere making of a poem can seem to solve the problem of truth, but only a problem of art is solved in poetry.
对于一个诗人来说，仅仅写一首诗似乎就能解决真理的问题，但只有艺术的问题才能在诗歌中得到解决。
Laura Riding
劳拉·瑞定
It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of "culture."
创作一段音乐比演奏一段好，演奏一段比听一段好，听一段比把它当作消遣、娱乐或获得“文化”的手段要好。
John Cage
约翰·凯奇