A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression.

  • -- Mo Yan 莫言

作家应该对社会的阴暗面和人性的丑恶表达批评和愤慨,但不能用一种统一的表达方式。

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If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which put you to indignation, to outrage. You must stand up. I always say to people, 'Look around; look at what makes you unhappy, what makes you furious, and then engage yourself in some action.'

如果你想成为一个真正的人——一个真正的女人,一个真正的男人——你就不能容忍那些使你愤怒的事情。你必须站起来。我总是对人们说,‘环顾四周;看看是什么让你不开心,是什么让你愤怒,然后采取行动。”

The world is a liar. Its ugliness is overwhelming; the scraps of beauty make it worse.

世界是个骗子。它的丑陋是压倒性的;美丽的碎片使它变得更糟。

I have no right to beauty. I had been condemned to masculine ugliness.

我没有追求美丽的权利。我注定要成为一个丑陋的男人。