I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when I start, I have a shape; but I will fully understand what I have written only after some years.

  • -- V. S. Naipaul V.S.奈保尔

我相信我的直觉能找到主题,我凭直觉写作。我有一个想法,当我开始,我有一个形状;但只有在几年之后,我才能完全理解我所写的东西。

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In seeking to avoid evil, [humanity] is responsible for bringing more evil into the world than organisms could ever do merely by exercising their digestive tracts. It is [our] ingenuity, rather than [our] animal nature, that has given [our] fellow creatures such a bitter earthly fate.

在寻求避免邪恶的过程中,(人类)有责任把更多的邪恶带到这个世界上,这比生物体仅仅通过锻炼消化道所能做的还要多。是(我们的)独创性,而不是(我们的)动物性,给了(我们的)同伴如此痛苦的尘世命运。

When gasoline and rubber are rationed, electric power and transport facilities are becoming increasingly scarce, and manpower shortages are developing, it is difficult for people to understand their increased use for other than the most vital needs of war.

当汽油和橡胶实行配给,电力和运输设施日益稀少,人力短缺日益严重时,人们很难理解,除了战争最重要的需要之外,汽油和橡胶越来越多地用于其他用途。

I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it.

我就像大多数作家一样,当某些事情发生时,会让人无法抗拒,让人着迷,让人感动,诸如此类。除了写下来,我不知道还能做些什么。

Yes there is a meaning; at least for me, there is one thing that matters - to set a chime of words tinkling in the minds of a few fastidious people.

是的,这是有意义的;至少对我来说,有一件事很重要,那就是让一些挑剔的人的脑海里响起一段和谐的话语。

Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift.

直觉确实是一种女性特质,但女性不应将轻率的结论误认为是这种天赋。

An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis.

一个绝对只能凭直觉给出,其余的都与分析有关。

Genius means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

天才不过是一种以一种不习惯的方式去感知的能力。

There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me.

没有一根小草是我不感兴趣的。