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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Handling and use by able minds give value to a language, not so much by innovating as by filling it out with more vigorous and varied services, by stretching and bending it.

有才能的人对语言的处理和使用赋予语言价值，与其说是通过创新，不如说是通过提供更有活力和更多样化的服务，通过拉伸和弯曲语言。

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How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.

当你还没有站起来生活的时候，坐下来写作是多么的徒劳。

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Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness.

孤独本质上是发现和接受我们的独特性。

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I prefer to be left alone with my books.

我宁愿一个人看书。

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