Rituals help us change modes.
仪式帮助我们改变模式。
A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
写作
Writing
Writing is a lonely business.
写作是一项孤独的事业。
Writing is a difficult thing.
写作是一件困难的事。
Writing is thinking on paper.
写作就是在纸上思考。
Writing is the supreme solace.
写作是最大的安慰。
I love writing for the screen.
我喜欢为银幕写作。
I've always liked new writing.
我一直喜欢新作品。
I'm quite good at not writing.
我很擅长不写作。
Writing has to support itself.
写作必须自给自足。
Writers are born, not created.
作家是天生的，不是创造出来的。
I'm like a junkie for writing.
我喜欢写作。
I write to believe in goodness.
我写信是为了相信善良。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
我从来不想和一个写得比读得多的人交谈。
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
读书使人充实。善于交谈的人;写一个严谨的人。
You are what you write.
你写的就是你自己。
When I am dead, I hope it may be said: 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.'
我死的时候，愿人说:‘他的罪是朱红的，他的书是被人诵读的。’
Anything designed to be inoffensive isn't worth your time -- life itself is pretty offensive, ending as it does with death.
任何被设计成无害的东西都不值得你浪费时间——生命本身就是相当无礼的，就像它以死亡告终一样。
I sometimes think it is because they are so bad at expressing themselves verbally that writers take to pen and paper in the first place.
我有时认为，这是因为他们太不善于口头表达自己，所以作家一开始就拿起笔和纸。
A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT
给此刻的你，一点向前的力量。
关于学习、善意与成长，读一句，再想一想。
Understanding the true nature of things, or seeing things as they really are, is the ground of wisdom.
理解事物的本质，或看到事物的本来面目，是智慧的基础。
The act of speaking our intentions aloud shifts them from wishful thinking into action.
大声说出我们的意图，将它们从一厢情愿变成了行动。
You can never step into the same book twice, because you are different each time you read it.
你永远不可能两次踏入同一本书，因为每次你读的时候都不一样。