Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes and always count their change when it is handed to them.

  • -- Catherine Drinker Bowen 包恩

作家很少选择那些自成一体的人物作为朋友,他们从不惹麻烦,从不不开心或生病,从不犯错误,总是在别人给他们找钱的时候数数。

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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.

在所有的写作中,没有哪一种写作比幽默作品更容易出错,因为没有哪一种写作比幽默作品更有野心超越他人。

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.

文学唯一明智的目的,首先是写作的乐趣;第二,家人和朋友的满足;最后是现金。

If you are looking for a friend that will never change, go to the shelves, you'll find it there. It will never change and will stay the same today and forever.

如果你正在寻找一个永远不会改变的朋友,去书架上找,你会找到的。它永远不会改变,将永远保持不变。

The last thing family and friends want is for you to spend money on them that you don't have or that you can't really spare.

家人和朋友最不愿意看到的就是你把钱花在他们身上,而这些钱你根本没有,或者你根本没有多余的钱。

I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar.

我很幸运,得到的书都不是畅销书;这些书都在我们的视线之外。

True friendship isn't about being inseperable, it's being separated & nothing changes.

真正的友谊不是不可分割的,它是分离的,没有任何改变。

The best life for a writer is the life which helps him write the best books he can.

对作家来说,最好的生活就是帮助他写最好的书。

Things do not change; we change.

事情不会改变;我们改变。