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The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

  • -- Christopher Morley 克里斯托弗·莫利

书的真正目的是使人的思想陷入自己的思考。

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With each of those projects I wasn't thinking about how the layout would really affect the story I was working on - it wasn't the content that was affecting the layout, it was, how I wanted to draw at that point in time.

对于每一个项目，我并没有考虑布局会如何真正影响我正在做的故事——影响布局的不是内容，而是我在那个时候想要如何绘制。

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A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense.

在我所有的书中，一个主要的主题是中央情报局不仅是第一道防线，而且他们也应该是第一道防线。

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We create our own unhappiness. The purpose of suffering is to help us understand we are the ones who cause it.

我们制造自己的不幸。痛苦的目的是帮助我们理解是我们自己造成了痛苦。

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The gentleman puts me in mind of an old hen which persists in setting after her eggs are taken away.

这位先生使我想起了一只老母鸡，它在蛋被取走后还坚持要下蛋。

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And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

如果你把生命中的每一件事都当作最后一件来做，你就会给自己解脱。

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Novels are food for the leftover hours of life, the in-between times, the moments of waiting.

小说是生命剩余时间的食物，是介于时间和等待之间的时光。

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I look back now with amazement at the small accidents that put certain books before me.

现在我惊奇地回头看那些把某些书放在我面前的小意外。

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The paper landed on the table, but the news was stapled to his chest. A tattoo.

报纸落在桌上，但那则新闻却钉在他的胸前。一个纹身。

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If you don't think too good, don't think too much.

如果你的想法不太好，就不要想太多。

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I don't mind what I play, really.

我不介意我玩什么，真的。

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