彼得·凱里
兩次獲得布克獎(jiǎng)的澳大利亞作家
A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.
作家是那種教會(huì)自己思想不守規(guī)矩的人。
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
世界上充滿(mǎn)了神奇的事物，耐心地等待著我們的感官變得更加敏銳。
History is not just the story of bad people doing bad things. It's also the story of good people doing nothing.
歷史不僅僅是壞人做壞事的故事，也是好人無(wú)所作為的故事。
寫(xiě)作是一種樂(lè)觀的行為。如果你覺(jué)得它不重要，你就不會(huì)費(fèi)心去做。
A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.
故事是作者寫(xiě)給自己的一封信，用來(lái)告訴自己那些他無(wú)法以其他方式發(fā)現(xiàn)的事情。
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
真相很少是純粹的，也從不簡(jiǎn)單。
Every book is a journey, and every journey is a book.
每一本書(shū)都是一次旅程，每一次旅程都是一本書(shū)。
To be a writer is to be a thief of other people's lives.
成為作家就是成為他人生活的竊賊。
We are all the sum of our memories.
我們都是我們記憶的總和。
The past is always tense, the future perfect.
過(guò)去總是緊張的，未來(lái)是完美的。
Writing is a way of discovering what you think, of exploring the world and your place in it.