I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.

  • -- Ian McEwan 伊恩·麦克尤恩

我从建筑学的角度来思考小说。你必须从这扇门进去,而且这扇门的构造必须让读者立即对建筑物的强度有信心。

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The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less.

苹果不能卡在知识树上;一旦我们开始去看,我们注定要挑战自己去寻找更多而不是更少去看的力量。

I wonder if I will ever have the strength to hold onto something. Or if I will always be someone who destroys.

我不知道我是否有力量抓住某样东西。或者我将永远是一个破坏的人。

I don't want to be that parent that puts my kids into what I think they should be in, you know what I mean?

我不想成为那种把我的孩子置于我认为他们应该处于的境地的父母,你明白我的意思吗?

Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing.

每个人都想变得完全一样。我认为做一个局外人是一件好事。