Clairvoyant, n.: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron - namely, that he is a blockhead.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

透视,n。一个人,通常是一个女人,她有能力看到她的恩人看不见的东西——也就是说,他是一个傻瓜。

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Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.

我们重读的书和读不完的书的清单比书本身的相对价值更能说明我们自己。

Chicago is a sort of journalistic Yellowstone Park, offering haven to a last herd of fantastic bravos.

芝加哥有点像新闻报道的黄石公园,为最后一群神奇的壮士提供了避风港。

She was a patron saint of the peripheral.

她是外围国家的守护神。