Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us better, then what on earth is it for.

-- Alice Walker 爱丽丝·沃克

把我从那些说他们的生活方式不重要的作家那里解救出来。我不确定一个坏人能写一本好书，如果艺术不能让我们变得更好，那么它到底是为了什么。

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Handling and use by able minds give value to a language, not so much by innovating as by filling it out with more vigorous and varied services, by stretching and bending it.

有才能的人对语言的处理和使用赋予语言价值，与其说是通过创新，不如说是通过提供更有活力和更多样化的服务，通过拉伸和弯曲语言。

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Write what will stop your breath if you don’t write.

如果你不写，什么会让你停止呼吸。

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Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.

作家让自己被语言所吸引。

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Easy reading is damn hard writing.

简单的阅读就是该死的写作。

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