I want that which is hilarious and that which is heartbreaking to occupy the same territory in the book because I think they very often occupy the same territory in life, much as we try to separate them.

  • -- Richard Russo 理查德·罗素

我想要的是那些在书中占据相同领域的搞笑和令人心碎的东西,因为我认为它们在生活中经常占据相同的领域,就像我们试图把它们分开一样。

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In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.

就好书而言,重点不是看你能读多少本,而是看你能读多少本。

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

任何两个人之间的差别,都不可能比同一个人、情人和丈夫之间的差别更大。

You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.

当你翻到最后一页的时候,你知道你读了一本好书,你会觉得好像失去了一位朋友。

The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: Try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!

人生的目标,无论达到与否,都是伟大的:努力成为莎士比亚,其余的就交给命运吧!

Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.

除了你自己别无所求,努力做到完美。

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.

朋友是了解你的人,也是同样爱你的人。