And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.

  • -- T. S. Eliot T.S.艾略特

他们写了无数的书;太骄傲、太分散、不能缄默。各人追求自己的高升、躲避自己的空虚。

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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.

每个人的皮肤下都住着几百个人。作家的才能在于,他能够赋予他们独立的名字、身份、个性,并让他们与与他生活在一起的其他人物联系起来。

The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most.

图书销售人员应该受到尊敬,因为他通常会让我们注意到我们最需要和最忽视的书。

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

沉默是朋友间真正的对话。重要的不是说,而是永远不需要说。

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

历史给我们的教训之一是,没有什么事是一件好事,说出来总是一件聪明的事。

The business of writing is one of the four or five most private things in the world.

写作是世界上四五件最隐私的事情之一。

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

自然和书籍都属于能看见它们的人的眼睛。