The life of a writer is tragic: the more we advance, the farther there is to go and the more there is to say, the less time there is to say it.

  • -- Gabrielle Roy 罗伊

作家的一生是悲剧性的:我们越进步,要走的路就越远,要说的东西越多,要说的时间就越少。

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Middle age is Janus-faced. As we look back on our accomplishments and our failures to achieve the things we wanted, we look ahead to the time we have left to us. Our children are gaining life, and our parents are losing it.

中年是双面人。当我们回顾我们所取得的成就和我们在实现我们想要的东西上的失败时,我们会展望我们剩下的时间。我们的孩子正在获得生命,而我们的父母正在失去生命。

I'm not going to get into the writer's skills or what he was trying to portray because that's not fair. I can only say what I felt was trying to be portrayed there.

我不打算深入探讨作者的技巧或者他试图描述的东西,因为这不公平。我只能说,我的感觉是试图被描绘在那里。

Our nemesis is time, against which we have a single ally, memory, and even it betrays us.

我们的敌人是时间,我们只有一个盟友,记忆,甚至它背叛了我们。

An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.

原创作家不是谁也模仿不了的人,而是谁也模仿不了的人。