What I am going to write is the last of what I have to say. I will say that literature is the only consciousness we possess and that its role as consciousness must inform us of our ability to comprehend the hideous danger of nuclear power.

  • -- John Cheever 约翰·契佛

我要写的是我要说的最后一句话。我想说,文学是我们唯一拥有的意识,它作为意识的角色必须告诉我们,我们有能力理解核能的可怕危险。

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Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is always a portrait of himself, and the more he tries to conceal himself the more clearly will his character appear in spite of him.

每个人的工作,无论是文学、音乐、绘画还是其他任何工作,都是自己的一幅画像,他越想隐藏自己,他的性格就越会在不顾自己的情况下清晰地显现出来。

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

我认识到我有自私的能力,但我也认识到,如果你只关心自己而牺牲了别人,你是不会幸福的。

The object of Literature is to instruct, to animate, or to amuse.

文学的目的是教育、使人生气或使人娱乐。

Your ability to fight has nothing to do with how big you are.

你的战斗能力与你有多大无关。