A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

  • -- G. K. Chesterton 特顿

一本好的小说告诉我们关于主人公的真相;但是一部糟糕的小说告诉我们关于作者的真相。

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If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.

如果我的医生告诉我只有六分钟的生命,我不会沉思。我会打字快一点。

An hour spent reading is one stolen from paradise.

花一个小时读书是偷来的天堂。

Only in a novel are all things given full play.

只有在小说中,所有的东西都得到充分的发挥。

Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.

不成熟的诗人模仿;成熟的诗人偷窃。

When I didn't have friends, I had books.

当我没有朋友的时候,我有书。