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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Close friends contribute to our personal growth. They also contribute to our personal pleasure, making the music sound sweeter, the wine taste richer, the laughter ring louder because they are there.

亲密的朋友有助于我们个人的成长。他们也有助于我们个人的快乐,使音乐听起来更甜,葡萄酒的味道更丰富,笑声更响,因为他们在那里。

Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.

很多时候,年长的女性被视为受害者,但我认识很多了不起的女性,她们有出色的工作和完整的性生活,还有孩子、朋友和家人。

Thus, in a real sense, I am constantly writing autobiography, but I have to turn it into fiction in order to give it credibility.

因此,实际上,我一直在写自传, 但我必须把它变成小说,以赋予它可信度。

The book thief has struck for the first time – the beginning of an illustrious career.

这个偷书贼第一次作案,开始了他辉煌的职业生涯。

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.

写小说就是编织一系列谎言以达到更大的真理。

It would be so nice if something would make sense for a change.

如果有什么事情能改变一下就太好了。

Writing is the best anti-depressant.

写作是最好的抗抑郁剂。

All movements go too far.

所有的动作都太过分了。