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 am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.

我就像一本书,由于没有用处而粘在一起:我的思想需要打开包装,而储存在里面的真理必须不时翻看,以便在需要的时候随时准备好。

Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love.

爱很简单,我喜欢写作。你无法抗拒爱。你有了一个想法,有人说了些什么,你恋爱了。

What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.

诗意的直觉和智慧的作品,哪个更好?我认为它们是相辅相成的。

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

你所要做的就是写一个真实的句子。写出你所知道的最真实的句子。

This is a much more fitting interpretation of the book than its modern interpretation.

这是对这本书比它的现代解释更合适的解释。

Get black on white.

黑白颠倒。