No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.

  • -- Isaac Babel 伊萨克·巴别尔

任何铁器都不能象在适当的位置放置一段时间那样有力地刺穿心脏。

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And the nice thing about writing a novel is you take your time, you sit with the character sometimes nine years, you look very deeply at a situation, unlike in real life when we just kind of snap something out.

写小说的好处是,你可以慢慢来,有时花九年的时间和角色坐在一起,深入地观察一个场景,不像在现实生活中,我们只是简单地拍出一些东西。

It's like learning a language; you can't speak a language fluently until you find out who you are in that language, and that has as much to do with your body as it does with vocabulary and grammar.

这就像学习一门语言;你不能流利地说一门语言,直到你发现你在这门语言中是谁,这与你的身体有很大的关系,就像它与词汇和语法一样。

The Indians could not undertake any widespread cultivation of the plains not only because they lacked iron tools but also because they had no draft animals.

印第安人不能在平原上进行广泛的耕作,不仅因为他们缺少铁制工具,而且因为他们没有役畜。

I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else.

我不知道我为什么开始写作。我不知道为什么有人这么做。也许他们感到无聊,或者在其他事情上失败了。

Gratitude is a virtue gracious & kind that demonstrates an open heart & a humble mind.

感恩是一种高尚的美德,它体现了一颗开放的心和一颗谦卑的心。

Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.

语法是言语的逻辑,就像逻辑是推理的语法一样。

I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.

我知道如果我不去做生意,他会伤心的。

Rust consumes iron, and envy consumes itself.

锈能消耗铁,嫉妒能消耗自己。