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Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.

  • -- Rita Dove 丽塔·达夫

在逆境中，在压迫下，语言开始失败，简单的语言开始失败。为了准确地表达事物，人类几乎被迫去寻找尽可能精确的词语，这是文学的先决条件。

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The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should be acquired because we urgently need them -- to convey, to reach, to express something within us, and to understand others.

学习词汇的最后一个动机应该是给人留下深刻印象。语言是需要后天习得的，因为我们迫切需要它们——去传达，去触及，去表达我们内心的某种东西，去理解他人。

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When I look back over my novels what I find is that when I think I'm finished with a theme, I'm generally not. And usually themes will recur from novel to novel in odd, new guises.

当我回顾我的小说时，我发现当我认为我写完了一个主题时，我通常没有。通常，主题会以一种奇怪的新形式在小说之间反复出现。

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Solitude is not something you must hope for in the future. Rather, it is a deepening of the present, and unless you look for it in the present you will never find it.

孤独不是你将来必须希望的东西。相反，它是对当下的深化，除非你在当下寻找它，否则你永远不会找到它。

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I think belief is like having the first Microsoft Windows - it's so rudimentary, in the human brainwork, it's so obviously a sham.

我认为信念就像拥有第一个微软视窗——它是如此的初级，在人类的脑力劳动中，它显然是一个骗局。

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Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.

语言有两大作用:为心灵提供食物，为理解和意识创造光明。

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If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.

如果你想展望未来，想象一下一只靴子永远踩在一个人的脸上。

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