伊恩·麥克尤恩
當(dāng)代英國文學(xué)的重要代表
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
To be a writer is to be a professional observer.
成為一名作家就是成為一名專業(yè)的觀察者。
The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
Love is not a feeling, Mr. Stevens. Love is a decision.
愛不是一種感覺，史蒂文斯先生。愛是一個(gè)決定。
We are all hostages of our own time.
我們都是自己時(shí)代的俘虜。
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
真相很少是純粹的，也從來不是簡單的。
The world is full of stories, and from time to time, they permit themselves to be told.
世界充滿了故事，時(shí)不時(shí)地，它們允許自己被講述。
We are all of us born with a unique set of potentialities, and it is our task in life to realize as many of them as possible.
我們每個(gè)人出生時(shí)都帶著一套獨(dú)特的潛能，我們生活中的任務(wù)就是盡可能多地實(shí)現(xiàn)它們。