About fifteen miles above New Orleans the river goes very slowly. It has broadened out there until it is almost a sea and the water is yellow with the mud of half a continent. Where the sun strikes it, it is golden.

  • -- Frank Yerby 弗兰克·耶比

在新奥尔良上空大约十五英里的地方,河水流得很慢。它在那里变得越来越宽,几乎变成了一个海,海水被半个大陆的泥土染成了黄色。阳光照射的地方是金色的。

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Water is our most precious resource, but we waste it, just as we waste other resources, including oil and gas.

水是我们最宝贵的资源,但我们浪费它,就像我们浪费其他资源,包括石油和天然气。

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.

邪恶就像水,它丰富,便宜,很快就会被污染,但它自己却没有污染。

Inspiration comes to us slowly and quietly...Prime it with a little solitude.

灵感慢慢地、静静地来到我们身边……用一点独处来做准备。

The six golden rules of writing: read, read, read, and write, write, write.

写作的六条黄金法则:读,读,读,写,写,写。

I fell in love the way you fall asleep. Slowly, and then all at once.

我爱上了你入睡的样子。慢慢地,然后一下子。