I take six or seven years to write really small books. There is a kind of aesthetic of leanness, of brevity.

  • -- Mohsin Hamid 莫欣·哈米德

我花了六七年的时间写一些非常小的书。有一种简洁的美学。

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I've always been attracted to the darker things in life. I was never one to go for light, airy stuff, even as a child. My whole aesthetic has always been one of the darker side. That rings true also in my tastes in music. It's just always something I've gravitated to naturally.

我总是被生活中黑暗的事物所吸引。我从来都不喜欢轻飘飘的东西,即使是小时候。我的整个审美一直都是黑暗的一面。我对音乐的品味也是如此。这是我天生就喜欢做的事。

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

无论是参议员还是演说家,言简意赅都是最好的推荐。

I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it.

我想我只是有一种自然的歌剧美学。我没办法。

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

谚语常蕴含智慧。