作为一个作家的巨大优势是你可以窥探人们。你在那里,听着每一个字,但你的一部分在观察。对作家来说,一切都是有用的,每一片碎片,甚至是最长最无聊的午餐会。
"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."
——杜先生晚年在香港,先生为中国抗战.赈灾慈善做出巨大贡献,晚年依旧气度过人,毁掉所有欠条。
高分子化学的引入开辟了一个新的材料世界,其重要性可与发现新大陆相媲美。
Faith is the sense of life, that sense by virtue of which man does not destroy himself, but continues to live on.