Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.

-- Jessamyn West 杰萨姆·韦斯特

写作是一项孤独的职业。家庭、朋友和社会是作家的天敌。如果他想要维持并完成一项事业，他必须是一个人，不受打扰，有点野蛮。

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If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

如果一个人跟不上他的同伴，也许是因为他听到了不同的鼓声。让他随着他所听到的音乐迈步前进，不管他是多么的有分寸，多么的遥远。

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Fiction that adds up, that suggests a "logical consistency," or an explanation of some kind, is surely second-rate fiction; for the truth of life is its mystery.

小说的内容加起来，暗示着“逻辑一致性”，或者某种解释，肯定是二流小说;因为生命的真理是神秘的。

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Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.

写作是唯一的一件事，当我写作时，我觉得我不应该做别的事情。

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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.

有思想的灵魂退到孤独中去了。

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