A good style should show no signs of effort. What is written should seem a happy accident.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

好的风格不应该表现出努力的迹象。所写的应该是一个愉快的意外。

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It's not an accident that both my sister and I are writers. Our parents created an accidental Petri dish. My family has great storytellers, and I grew up in a very funny, conversational house and didn't have television. This small family farm was a bubble world that didn't have much to do with reality.

我姐姐和我都是作家,这不是偶然的。我们的父母偶然创造了一个培养皿。我的家庭有很棒的说书人,我在一个非常有趣、健谈的家庭长大,家里没有电视。这个小型家庭农场是一个泡沫世界,与现实没有多大关系。

The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man.

牙疼的人认为牙齿健康的人都是幸福的。穷人对富人也犯同样的错误。

We all know that looking back only gets you into an accident because you're going to run into something without seeing it.

我们都知道,回头看只会让你陷入意外,因为你会在看不见的情况下撞上什么东西。

I'm happy without money.

没有钱我很快乐。