I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.

  • -- Anna Quindlen 安娜·昆德兰

如果我的孩子长大后成为那种认为装饰主要是建造足够的书架的人,我会非常满足。

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Young women especially have something invested in being nice people, and it's only when you have children that you realise you're not a nice person at all, but generally a selfish bully.

年轻女性尤其热衷于做一个好人,只有当你有了孩子,你才会意识到自己根本不是一个好人,而是一个自私的恶霸。

Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.

生活和人是复杂的。作家作为艺术家不具备政治家的人格。我们看到的世界并不简单。

Getting all emotionally wrapped up in made-up people's lives gives me a chance to take a break from my own life.

沉浸在虚构的人们的生活中给了我一个从自己的生活中休息的机会。

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on.

在作家家中一片寂静之中,躺着一位病人:他正在写书。