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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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I'm trying to get in the habit of, you know, picking up a book and learning how to write my feelings down, not my feelings but my thoughts, about things, and hopefully I'll moving toward the writing and directing thing soon.

我正试着养成一种习惯，拿起一本书，学习如何写下我对事物的感受，不是我的感受，而是我的想法，希望我很快就能朝着写作和导演的方向迈进。

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What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say something that's startling or is so poignant.

我真正喜欢的是明智的评论。不一定是正的。这是一篇有洞察力的评论，有时人们会说一些令人吃惊或深刻的话。

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If he is a ghost, then it's very disappointing for me, because he is banished in the story, and that could mean that he won't be coming back, and that would be terrible, wouldn't it?

如果他是鬼魂，那我就很失望了，因为他在故事中被驱逐了，这可能意味着他不会回来了，那将会很可怕，不是吗?

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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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In my last I contended that none of those ties which are necessary to bind a people together and make them one, existed between the colonists and Mexicans.

在我的上一篇文章中，我主张殖民者和墨西哥人之间不存在任何必要的纽带，而这些纽带是把一个民族团结在一起并使他们成为一个整体所必需的。

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They lack suggestive power. And when a book lacks suggestive power, however hard it hits the surface of the mind it cannot penetrate within.

他们缺乏暗示力。当一本书缺乏暗示的力量时，不管它触及心灵的表面有多深，它都无法深入其中。

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A business is good if it gives a decent day's reward for a decent day's work, treats people decently, and gives them a voice at the top.

如果一个企业对员工一天的辛勤工作给予体面的回报，善待员工，并让他们在高层发出自己的声音，那么这个企业就是好的。

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Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries.

图书馆能让你度过没有钱的时代，这比钱能让你度过没有图书馆的时代要好得多。

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I really started writing music to challenge myself, to see what I could write.

我真的开始写音乐来挑战自己，看看我能写些什么。

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Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.

先读最好的书，否则你可能根本没有机会去读它们。

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I love the smell of book ink in the morning.

我喜欢早上书里墨水的味道。

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