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A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

  • -- Aldous Huxley 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎

写一本好书和写一本坏书一样费力，它发自作者的灵魂深处。

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I write plays because writing dialogue is the only respectable way of contradicting yourself. I put a position, rebut it, refute the rebuttal, and rebut the refutation.

我写剧本是因为写对话是唯一一种体面的自相矛盾的方式。我提出一个立场，反驳它，反驳反驳，再反驳反驳。

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The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.

使用书籍最成功的方法是像某些人做领主一样为他们服务;学习他们的头衔，然后吹嘘他们的熟人。

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Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.

书是终极的哑巴:把它们放下，它们会永远等你;关注他们，他们也会爱你。

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Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.

这是否意味着我拒绝一切权威?打消念头。在靴子的问题上，我听从制鞋商的权威。

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Never believe anything a writer tells you about himself. A man comes to believe in the end the lies he tells himself about himself.

永远不要相信作家告诉你的关于他自己的任何事情。一个人最终会相信他对自己说的关于自己的谎言。

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Writers are often given the gift of being spectacularly unhappy, so that they can record the full depth of feeling.

作家常常被赋予一种引人注目的不快乐的天赋，这样他们就能记录下情感的全部深度。

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