世界充满了符号,作家的职责就是解读它们。
The world is full of signs, and the writer's job is to decipher them.
I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.
海洋是一个既美丽又恐怖的地方。
"The unsaid is often the most powerful."
避免错误的最佳方式是积累经验。
The beauty of music lies in its ability to evoke emotions without saying a word.
The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.