Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.

  • -- D. H. Lawrence 劳伦斯

文学是苦役,是陷阱,是深深扎人的诅咒。

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The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

对于那些真正喜欢研究人的人来说,小说比其他任何一种文学形式都更有趣的原因在于,在小说中,作者可以真实地说出真相,而不会让自己蒙羞。

An age which is incapable of poetry is incapable of any kind of literature except the cleverness of a decadence.

一个不能写诗的时代,除了颓废者的聪明才智之外,什么文学也不能写。

Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.

珍惜你内在的,封闭你外在的;因为知识多是祸。

Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile.

石油财富一直在诅咒我们,使我们变得软弱而温顺。