We all have our opinions. But I suspect that writers are actually less worth heeding, because they regard themselves as so uniquely important, so culturally sensitive.

  • -- Simon Hoggart 霍加特

我们都有自己的观点。但我怀疑,作家实际上不那么值得关注,因为他们认为自己是如此独特地重要,对文化如此敏感。

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I envy people with dreams and passions, but I don't think that way. I still don't have a 'bliss' to follow. For people like me - I suspect that's most people - holding out for a 'dream' or a 'passion' is paralyzing. I just like having work I enjoy that feels meaningful. That's hard enough... but it's enough.

我羡慕有梦想和激情的人,但我不这么认为。我仍然没有“幸福”可以追随。对于像我这样的人来说——我怀疑这是大多数人——坚持一个“梦想”或一个“激情”是令人麻痹的。我喜欢有意义的工作。这很难……但这就够了。

I suspect that even today, with all the progress we have made in liberal thought, the quality of true tolerance is as rare as the quality of mercy.

我怀疑,即使在今天,尽管我们在自由思想方面取得了种种进步,真正宽容的品质与仁慈的品质一样罕见。

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.

传统的人们因背离传统而愤怒,很大程度上是因为他们认为这种背离是对自己的批评。

There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.

我的工作没有任何波折。我从来没有信心不足过。