Books are something social - a writer speaking to a reader - so I think making the reading of a book the center of a social event, the meeting of a book club, is a brilliant idea.

  • -- Yann Martel 扬·马泰尔

书是一种社会性的东西——一个作家对读者说话——所以我认为把读书作为一个社会活动的中心,一个读书俱乐部的聚会,是一个绝妙的主意。

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My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel

我唯一的文学抱负就是写一部好小说,然后隐退到沙漠里的茅屋里,摆出莲花的姿势,静下心来,静下心来,沉思默想我的小说

They are imbeciles who call my work abstract. That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things.

他们是笨蛋,把我的工作称为抽象的。他们所谓抽象的东西是最真实的,因为真实的东西不是外在的,而是理念,是事物的本质。

The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life.

结交真正的朋友是我们人生成功的最好标志。

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

图书业发明文学奖项是为了刺激销售,而不是奖励有价值的人。

Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.

没有什么比相信自己是美丽的女人更美丽的了。

Paris is always a good idea.

巴黎总是个好主意。