People who think my books are autobiographical, which they're not, credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I do, however, have a powerful imagination.

  • -- Curtis Sittenfeld 科蒂斯·希登费尔德

有些人认为我的书是自传体的,其实不然,他们认为我的记忆力比我好得多。然而,我有一个强大的想象力。

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Imagine if we were capable of a form of empathy that lets us know one another by savoring the aura we leave on the things we have touched. We would go to a dump to get drunk on one another's souls.

想象一下,如果我们能够产生一种同理心,通过品味我们触摸过的东西上留下的光环,让我们彼此了解。我们会去垃圾场喝得酩酊大醉。

I made a better decision in choosing my team. Sure, I had a bigger choice of players to choose from - but I couldn't have asked for a harder working group of players who did an incredible job.

我在选择团队时做出了更好的决定。当然,我有更多的球员可以选择,但我不能要求一个更努力的球员团队谁做了不可思议的工作。

We're probably doing better business than we thought we would do especially considering the disappointing way the record company has handled the album.

我们的生意可能比我们想象的要好,尤其是考虑到唱片公司处理这张专辑的方式令人失望。

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit.

出于道德目的,我在自然界中看不到任何痕迹。那是一件完全由人工制造的物品,非常值得我们赞赏。

If a feller screwed up his face when he asked for credit like he does when he's asked to settle, he wouldn't get it.

如果一个男人像被要求结算时那样,在申请贷款时皱着眉头,他是不会得到贷款的。

Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections.

好奇心是人的天性,有趣的东西对我们的情感有很大的影响。

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!

左想右想,低想高想。哦,只要你试一试,你就会想到!

The most powerful thing we own is our vote.

我们拥有的最强大的东西是我们的选票。