I am trying to make clear through my writing something which I believe: that biography- history in general- can be literature in the deepest and highest sense of that term.

  • -- Robert Caro 罗伯特·卡洛

我试图通过我的写作来阐明我所相信的东西:传记——一般来说是历史——可以是文学中最深刻、最高意义上的文学。

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We are never so ridiculous through what we are as through what we pretend to be.

我们从来没有像我们假装的那样可笑。

Storytellers are individuals who enjoy creating a holiday for the mind.

讲故事的人喜欢为思想创造一个假期。

If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions.

如果人们相信你站在他们一边,他们就会相信你的决定。

In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.

在俄国,所有的暴君都认为诗人是他们最大的敌人。

A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil.

赞美就像隔着面纱接吻。

My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.

我的心充满激情,我的头押韵。