We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

  • -- Joan Didion 琼·狄迪恩

为了生活,我们给自己讲故事。

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Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the genie been a gorgeous woman, so that idea really appealed to me, and I created the series based on that premise.

人们总是说男精灵会从瓶子里出来,但他们通常都是又胖又老的男人。精灵从来都不是一个漂亮的女人,所以这个想法真的吸引了我,我基于这个前提创作了这个系列。

Idleness is the enemy of the soul; and therefore the brethren ought to be employed in manual labor at certain times, at others, in devout reading.

懒惰是心灵的敌人;所以弟兄们,务要在所定的时候,为虔诚的读经,劳力人的工夫。

This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.

除非我们买书的钱比买口香糖的钱还多,否则我们永远不会成为一个文明的国家。

These are the stories the Dogs tell, when the fires burn high and the wind is from the north.

当大火熊熊燃烧,风从北方吹来的时候,狗就会讲这些故事。