Genre is a bookstore problem, not a literary problem.

  • -- Rick Moody 自里克·穆迪

体裁是书店的问题,而不是文学的问题。

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Space and time, not proteins and neurons, hold the answer to the problem of consciousness. When we consider the nerve impulses entering the brain, we realize that they are not woven together automatically, any more than the information is inside a computer.

意识问题的答案是空间和时间,而不是蛋白质和神经元。当我们考虑进入大脑的神经冲动时,我们意识到它们并不是自动交织在一起的,就像电脑里的信息一样。

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

明智的做法是把愤怒指向问题,而不是人;把你的精力集中在答案上,而不是借口。

Doesn't all experience crumble in the end to mere literary material?

难道所有的经历最终不是都变成了文学材料吗?

I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.

我不知道书店里有一个教授死亡的专区。

They are the literary equivalent of sequins on an evening dress.

它们在文学上相当于晚礼服上的亮片。

I thought I'd go to a bookstore and see what moved me.

我想我应该去书店看看是什么感动了我。