J·M·庫切
兩次獲得布克獎的南非作家
所有嚴肅的藝術(shù)都試圖理解這個世界。
The only way to deal with the past is to accept it.
處理過去的唯一方法就是接受它。
The world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.
世界上充滿了故事，但所有的故事都是一個。
The heart is the only thing worth writing about.
We are all guilty of crimes against each other.
我們都犯有對彼此的罪行。
The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.
說真話的唯一方式就是帶著善意說話。只有充滿愛心的人的話才能被聽到。
The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.
問題不是如何被治愈，而是如何生活。
We are all born with a certain package. We are who we are: where we were born, who we were born as, how we were raised. We're kind of stuck inside that person, and the purpose of civilization and growth is to be able to reach out and empathize a little bit with other people.
我們生來就帶著某種包袱。我們就是我們：我們出生的地方，我們出生的身份，我們被撫養(yǎng)的方式。我們有點被困在那個人的身體里，而文明和成長的目的就是能夠伸出手去，對其他人的感受有一點點的同情。
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
處理一個不自由的世界唯一的方法就是變得如此絕對自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一種反叛。
The truth is that we are all alone in the world.
真相是，我們在這個世界上都是孤獨的。
The writer must be a person who is willing to be silent.