多麗絲·萊辛
被譽(yù)為繼伍爾芙之后最偉大的女性作家
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.
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.
What's terrible is to pretend that 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.
Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself.
Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.
That is what we have to do in life: to take the great wounds and the little scratches and keep on going.
這就是我們?cè)谏钪斜仨氉龅模撼惺芫薮蟮膭?chuàng)傷和細(xì)小的擦傷，然后繼續(xù)前進(jìn)。
Literature is analysis after the event.
文學(xué)是事后分析。
The story is a machine to think with.
故事是一臺(tái)用來思考的機(jī)器。
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，那就是說服自己二流的東西不僅僅是二流。
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.
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，你真的沒有改變。你的身體變了，但你一點(diǎn)都沒變。
What's terrible is to pretend that 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.
Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself.
That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.
Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.