For me, writing a novel is more like digging a well than climbing a mountain - some heroic thing where I set out to conquer. I just sit quietly for a few years, and then it starts to become something.

-- Mohsin Hamid 莫欣·哈米德

对我来说，写小说更像是打一口井，而不是爬山——一件我要征服的英雄壮举。我只是静静地坐了几年，然后它开始变得有意义。

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I've done archery for about six weeks, and rock climbing, tree climbing - and combat, running and vaulting. But also yoga and things like that, to stay catlike!

我已经做了六个星期的射箭，攀岩，爬树——还有格斗，跑步和跳跃。还有瑜伽之类的，像猫一样!

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For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of winding water.

我们平静地生活了一小段时间。但这种情况不会持续太久。白人在盘山绕水的地方发现了金子。

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To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.

多说而无所成，犹如爬树捉鱼。

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Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs?

你是要安静地来，还是要我用耳塞?

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