A masterpiece of fiction is an original world and as such is not likely to fit the world of the reader.

-- Vladimir Nabokov 弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫

一部小说的杰作是一个原始的世界，因此不可能适合读者的世界。

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People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.

人们认为自己的缺点总是存在于他人的脑海中，就好像他们相信这个世界总是在审视他们个人的魅力和美德一样，他们也可能因此而沾沾自喜。

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The world must live. We are only one species among billions. The gods don't love us any more than they love spiders or bears or whales or water lilies.

世界必须生存。我们只是数十亿物种中的一个。众神对我们的爱并不比他们对蜘蛛、熊、鲸或睡莲的爱更多。

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If there is such a thing as a workaholic, I'm it, and that's what passes for leisure.

如果有工作狂这回事，那就是我了，这就是所谓的休闲。

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There is no such thing as Something for nothing.

世上没有不劳而获的事。

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