One always tends to overpraise a long book, because one has got through it.

  • -- E. M. Forster E·M·福斯特

一个人总是倾向于过分赞扬一本很长的书,因为他已经读完了。

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Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes, will only be a small outward confirmation of what has been accomplished within me from day to day.

每天我都要把文件整理好,每天我都要告别。真正的告别,当它到来的时候,只是一个小小的外在的确认,证实我每天在内心所取得的成就。

When I'm working on a novel of my own, I try to read mostly nonfiction, although sometimes I break down and peek at something else.

当我在写自己的小说时,我尽量多读些非小说类的作品,尽管有时我也会崩溃一下,看看别的东西。