馬丁·艾米斯
英國文學(xué)界的叛逆之聲
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
唯一比被人談?wù)摳愀獾氖戮褪菦]人談?wù)撃恪?/div>
The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
世界稱之為不道德的書，是那些向世界展示其自身羞恥的書。
I can resist everything except temptation.
除了誘惑，我什么都能抵抗。
定義就是限制。
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
真相很少是純粹的，也從不簡單。
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
我們都在陰溝里，但仍有人仰望星空。
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
擺脫誘惑的唯一方法就是屈服于它。
Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.
每個人都有不為世人所知的秘密悲傷；我們常常稱一個人冷漠，而實際上他只是悲傷。
The first draft of anything is shit.
任何東西的初稿都是狗屎。
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
時間是一位偉大的老師，但不幸的是它殺死了所有的學(xué)生。