I believe that the short story is as different a form from the novel as poetry is, and the best stories seem to me to be perhaps closer in spirit to poetry than to novels.

-- Tobias Wolff 托比亚斯·沃尔夫

我相信短篇小说的形式和诗歌一样不同，在我看来最好的小说在精神上更接近诗歌而不是小说。

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One of the most powerful devices of poetry is the use of distortions. You can go from talking about the way a minute passes to the way a century passes, or a lifetime.

诗歌最有力的手段之一是运用扭曲手法。你可以从谈论一分钟过去的方式，到一个世纪过去的方式，或者一生。

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Not once or twice in our fair island-story, The path of duty was the way to glory.

在我们美丽的岛上，责任之路是通向光荣之路。

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Ethanol is, in its pure form, just as much of a sham as oil.

乙醇，在它的纯形式下，就像石油一样是假的。

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Adult stem cells tend not to form tumors.

成体干细胞一般不会形成肿瘤。

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