Writing fiction is... an endless and always defeated effort to capture some quality of life without killing it.

Writing fiction is... an endless and always defeated effort to capture some quality of life without killing it.

写小说是……为了在不扼杀生活质量的前提下获得某种生活质量，他们付出了无尽的努力，但总是以失败告终。

-- Rose Wilder Lane 罗斯·怀尔德·莱茵