It is not to be expected that human nature will change in a day.

  • -- Frank B. Kellogg 弗兰克·B·凯洛格

人的本性在一天之内是不会改变的。

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My mother never made me do anything for my brothers, like serve them. I think that's an important lesson, especially for the Latino culture, because the women are expected to be the ones that serve and cook and whatever. Not in our family. Everybody was equal.

我母亲从来没有让我为我的兄弟们做过任何事,比如服侍他们。我认为这是很重要的一课,尤其是对拉丁文化来说,因为女性被期望成为服务员和厨师等等。我们家没有。每个人都是平等的。

Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads, how to follow, how to connect, find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists.

写小说使我对人的一生中未知的东西产生了一种持久的敬意,让我有了一种去哪里寻找线索、如何追随、如何联系的感觉,在错综复杂的世界中找到一条清晰的线。

Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more. They did all that was expected of them and a little bit more.

四个简短的词汇概括了成功的秘诀:多一点点!他们做了所有他们应该做的,甚至更多。

The novel is the highest form of human expression so far attained. Why? Because it is so incapable of the absolute.

小说是迄今为止人类表达的最高形式。为什么?因为它无法做到绝对。