“The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.”
— Pearl Buck, Novelist
「想要独自生活的人无法获得成功,没有回应别人他的心会枯萎,只听到自己想法的回响而没得到其它灵感,他的心智会萎缩。」– 珀尔·巴克 (小说家)
wither (v.) 枯萎,凋谢。shrink (v.) 收缩,变小。echo (n.) 回音,回响。inspiration (n.) 灵感;inspire (v.) 激发,唤起。
珀尔‧巴克 (1892-1973) 是美国 (旅华) 作家,中文名为赛珍珠,其许多著作都与东方文化有关,所著小说《大地》(The Good Earth) 在 1932 年获得普利兹小说奖 (Pulitzer Prize),并在 1938 年获得诺贝尔文学奖。