多麗絲·萊辛
被譽(yù)為繼伍爾芙之后最偉大的女性作家
"That is what is so strange, that people will not believe what is really true, what is before their eyes."
這就是如此奇怪的事情，人們不會(huì)相信真正真實(shí)的東西，就在他們眼前的東西。
"There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best."
只有一種真正的罪過，那就是說服自己次好的東西不僅僅是次好的。
"The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all."
所有老人共同的大秘密是，在七八十年里，你其實(shí)并沒有改變。你的身體變了，但你一點(diǎn)都沒變。
"What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better."
可怕的是假裝二流是一流的。假裝你不需要愛，而實(shí)際上你需要；或者假裝你喜歡你的工作，而你很清楚你能做得更好。
"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how."
有了圖書館，你是自由的，不受暫時(shí)政治氣候的限制。它是最民主的機(jī)構(gòu)，因?yàn)闆]有人——絕對(duì)沒有人——能告訴你該讀什么、什么時(shí)候讀以及如何讀。
"Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself."
這就是學(xué)習(xí)的意義。你突然以一種新的方式理解了你一生都理解的東西。
無論你注定要做什么，現(xiàn)在就做。條件總是不可能的。
Literature should be judged as literature, not as a social document.
文學(xué)應(yīng)該作為文學(xué)來評(píng)判，而不是作為社會(huì)文獻(xiàn)。
The story is a vehicle to carry ideas, not the other way around.
故事是承載思想的工具，而不是相反。
Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.
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