Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.

  • -- James Rollins 詹姆斯·罗林斯

每当我开始写小说的时候,我总是在寻找两件事:一点能让我思考“如果……会怎样?”以及一段以问号结尾的历史。

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There is only one thing I want. I would like to be seriously ill, and to hear nothing more about him for at least a week. Why doesn't something happen to me? Why do I have to go through all this? If only I had never set eyes on him!

我只想要一样东西。我希望自己病得很重,至少一个星期不要再听到他的消息。为什么我没有发生什么事?我为什么要经历这些?要是我从来没有见过他就好了!

The question arises whether all lawyers are the same. This is like asking whether everything that gets into a sewer is garbage.

问题是所有的律师是否都是一样的。这就像问是否所有进入下水道的东西都是垃圾。

Where I come from, there were traditions with my race and whenever you faced a curve in life, there was always a tradition.

在我的家乡,我的种族有自己的传统,每当你在生活中遇到困难时,总会有自己的传统。

Rome holds my psyche in balance. Whenever I'm there, it's like a holiday.

罗马使我的心灵保持平衡。只要我在那里,就像在度假一样。