The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

  • -- Elias Canetti 伊莱亚斯卡内蒂

伟大的格言作家读起来就好像他们彼此都很熟悉。

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My father's drinking was sometimes a problem. And a great deal went unspoken. He was not particularly acute or articulate about the emotions. But he was very affectionate towards me.

我父亲酗酒有时是个问题。有许多话没有说出来。他对这些情绪不是特别敏感或善于表达。但是他对我很深情。

I obviously have a great love and appreciation of jewelry, thanks to my mother, much to the dismay of both my father and my boyfriends.

很明显,我非常喜欢珠宝,也非常欣赏珠宝,这都要感谢我的母亲,这让我的父亲和我的男朋友都很失望。

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more intensely for the reading of it.

我想,文学的考验在于,我们自己是否因为阅读而活得更有激情。

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.

作家是能从答案中猜出谜语的人。