It is a curious fact that strikingly similar plants and animals should be found on either side of the Atlantic, but no one has ever given a satisfactory explanation of this phenomenon.
一个奇怪的事实是，在大西洋两岸发现了极其相似的动植物，但没有人对这一现象给出令人满意的解释。
People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, 'Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner.' I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.
如果你不前进，你就在落后。
I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.