Especially if it's a wild animal, I find the readers are intrigued. And if your reader's intrigued right away, you've won half the battle of telling a story."

  • -- Yann Martel 扬·马泰尔

特别是如果是野生动物,我发现读者们很感兴趣。如果你的读者立刻对你感兴趣,你就已经赢得了讲故事的一半战斗。”

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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

不要自己估量你的损失;如果你这样做了,就会显得不可容忍;但是,如果你把所有人的事情都考虑进去,你就会发现从中会得到一些安慰。

I went to Gettysburg College, where the famous Civil War battle was fought. I majored in English. I would've liked to major in writing, but they didn't offer a major in that.

我上的是葛底斯堡学院,著名的内战就是在那里打响的。我主修英语。我本想主修写作,但他们没有开设这方面的专业。

Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.

找出你是谁,做那个人。那就是你的灵魂被放在这个地球上的目的。找到真理,活出真理,其他一切都会到来。

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.

如果文明之战归结为懦夫和野蛮人的对决,野蛮人会赢。

We dribble away our life, little by little, in small packages - we don't throw it away all at once.

我们把生命一点点地、一点点地、打包地运走——我们不会一下子就把它扔掉。

I miss you like everyday wanna be with you but you're gone away.

我想你就像每天都想和你在一起,但你却离开了。