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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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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The tiger that prowls quietly doesn't mean it's intimidated.

老虎悄悄地潜行并不意味着它害怕。

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Where you cannot climb over, you must creep under.

不能爬过去的地方，就得爬过去。

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