A public is a necessary fiction.

  • -- Rowan D. Williams 罗文·D·威廉姆斯

公众是必要的虚构。

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Normally I would not recommend a book that tells you how to make money in the stock market. Most of these books are aimed at gullible folk, and they usually make much more money for their authors than they do for the investing public.

通常我不会推荐一本教你如何在股市赚钱的书。这些书的目标读者大多是容易上当受骗的人,他们通常为作者赚的钱比为投资大众赚的钱多得多。

Usually when I read something, first of all I'm looking for the story and then when I reread it, I'm sort of checking every part of it to see if every scene is necessary.

通常当我读一些东西的时候,首先我要找故事,然后当我再读的时候,我要检查每一个部分,看看是不是每个场景都是必要的。

There are still things I want to do but they're not necessary for me to do. I'm not clinging to anything that I can't open my hands and let go.

还有一些事情我想做,但它们对我来说是不必要的。我不会执着于任何我无法张开手去放手的东西。

When a person dies, the earth is generally unwilling to cough him back up. A miracle contradicts the will of earth.

一个人死后,大地一般不愿把他咳回去。奇迹与地球的意志相矛盾。

The air between them began to settle into a silence. Awkward, yet softly exciting. Like an unexpected snow day.

他们之间的空气开始平静下来。尴尬,但温柔的刺激。就像一个意想不到的下雪天。

The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind.

公众一直被灌输自由市场是人类的灵丹妙药的观点。