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I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously.
我一生中的大部分时间都在努力写作，就好像我在为死后的人们读我写的句子。
— Christopher Hitchens 克里斯托弗·希钦斯
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更多好句 ↗The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital.
任何一个人对一首他或她真正喜爱的诗歌或散文所能表达的最重要的敬意，就是把它背下来。不是用头脑，而是用心;表达是至关重要的。
George Steiner
斯坦纳
A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.
一个人的作品不过是一次缓慢的跋涉，通过艺术的弯路，重新发现那两三个伟大而简单的形象，在他们面前，他的心第一次打开了。
Albert Camus
阿尔伯特·加缪
There is one thing one has to have: either a soul that is cheerful by nature, or a soul made cheerful by work, love, art, and knowledge.
一个人必须拥有一件东西:要么是天生快乐的灵魂，要么是通过工作、爱情、艺术和知识而变得快乐的灵魂。
佚名
Two qualities essential for the artist: morality and perspective.
艺术家必须具备的两个品质:道德和视角。
Denis Diderot
狄德罗
No one has the right to enter literature without fresh new ideas. We’ve got too many dexterous drudges as it is.
没有新鲜的思想，任何人都无权进入文学。我们已经有太多灵巧的苦工了。
Jan Neruda
扬·聂鲁达
Comedians don't have a monopoly on suffering. But creative people are sometimes fortunate enough to be able to incorporate their most traumatic experiences into their art.
喜剧演员并不垄断痛苦。但有创造力的人有时很幸运，能够将他们最痛苦的经历融入到他们的艺术中。
Matt Lucas
马特·卢卡斯