Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

有些书不应该被遗忘;没有一个是不值得记住的。

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Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and adventures are the shadow truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes and forgotten.

事情不一定是真的。故事和冒险是阴暗的真理,当事实只是灰尘、灰烬和遗忘时,这些真理将继续存在。

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.

所有的语言,无论是书面的还是口头的,都是一种死亡的语言,直到它找到一个愿意并有准备的听众。

From whichever side I start, I think I am in an old place where others have been before me.

无论我从哪一方面开始,我都觉得自己处在一个别人都比我先到过的老地方。

In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

在古代,猫被当作神来崇拜;他们没有忘记这一点。

If anything attacked us, we could just panic at it until it went away.

如果有什么东西袭击了我们,我们只能惊慌失措,直到它消失。

Writing is the best anti-depressant.

写作是最好的抗抑郁剂。