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It had been startling and disappointing to me to find out that story books had been written by people, that books were not natural wonders, coming of themselves like grass.

  • -- Eudora Welty 韦尔蒂

当我发现故事书是由人写的，书并不是自然奇观，而是像草一样自己生长出来的时候，我感到既震惊又失望。

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You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing because the best short stories are not constructed like novels.

你必须对它们有所了解，它们是一个自己的世界，大多数人发现它们令人失望，因为最好的短篇小说不像小说那样构造。

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The physical voice we use in prayer need not be great nor startling; even should we not lift up any great cry or shout, God will yet hear us.

我们在祷告时所用的声音不必是伟大的，也不必是惊人的;我们就是不大声呼喊，神也必听我们。

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For a moment I was distracted. Books always did that to me... I liked the creamy pages, the smell of ink, all the secrets locked inside.

我一时心烦意乱。书总是这样对我……我喜欢奶油色的书页，墨水的味道，所有被锁在里面的秘密。

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An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people.

在我对这个词的理解中，一个艺术家应该站在人民一边，反对压迫他或她的人民的皇帝。

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Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

教育和通知全体人民……他们是维护我们自由的唯一可靠的依靠。

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Writing was a spiritual exercise for my father, the only thing he really believed in.

写作对我父亲来说是一种精神锻炼，是他唯一真正相信的事情。

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Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little.

买书是任何人都可以用很少的钱买到一件艺术品的一种方式。

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People do not deserve good writing, they are so pleased with bad.

人们不值得拥有好作品，他们对坏作品如此满意。

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People who say they don't have time to read simply don't want to.

那些说自己没有时间读书的人根本就不想读书。

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Don't buy books for your shelf, buy them for yourself.

不要为你的书架买书，要为你自己买。

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It's disappointing, but it's business.

这令人失望，但这是生意。

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