The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one.
作家要么是隐居的实践者,要么是内疚的、有过失的人。
The whites came to this land for a fresh start and to escape the tyranny of their masters, just as the freemen had fled theirs. But the ideals they held up for themselves, they denied others.
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.