The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.
知識(shí)最大的敵人不是無(wú)知,而是知識(shí)的幻覺(jué)。
A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it, an apostle is unlikely to look out.
書(shū)是一面鏡子:如果一只猿猴往里看,不太可能有一位使徒往外看。
The writer's duty is to tell the truth, even when it is uncomfortable.
作家的職責(zé)是說(shuō)出真相,即使這讓人感到不適。
Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary.
文學(xué)是發(fā)現(xiàn)普通人身上非凡之處的藝術(shù),用普通的話語(yǔ)說(shuō)出非凡的事情。
The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.
唯一真正的發(fā)現(xiàn)之旅不在于尋找新的風(fēng)景,而在于擁有新的眼光。
To write is to rewrite, and to rewrite is to understand.
寫(xiě)作就是重寫(xiě),重寫(xiě)就是理解。
真相并不總是美麗的,美麗的話語(yǔ)也不一定是真相。
Every story is a lie, but some lies are truer than others.
每個(gè)故事都是謊言,但有些謊言比其他謊言更真實(shí)。
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
過(guò)去是一個(gè)異國(guó);他們?cè)谀抢镒鍪碌姆绞讲煌?/div>
Writing is a way of exorcising the demons that haunt us.
寫(xiě)作是一種驅(qū)趕困擾我們的惡魔的方式。
"We are all broken, but it is in the cracks that the light gets in."