Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me.

  • -- Sharon Olds 奥尔兹

许多诗人写书。他们会告诉你:好吧,我有我的下一本书,但是有两首诗我需要写,一首关于x,一首关于y,这对我来说是一个奇迹。

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A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. Examine nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory.

诗人不应该扒窃自然的衣袋。让他借钱吧,借了就借,借了就借,借了就借,借了就还。准确地审视自然,但要从回忆中写作,更要相信想象力,而不是记忆。

I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it.

我一直是个仰慕者。我认为,如果一个人想有所成就,那么钦佩别人的天赋是必不可少的。我不知道没有它我会在哪里。

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.

书是世界的一个版本。如果你不喜欢它,忽略它;或者提供你自己的版本作为回报。

You can never, never have too many books.

你永远不会有太多的书。