31. “As someone whose days were defined by the ten thousand ways a human can hurt, she needed, now and then, to remember that the nervous system didn’t exist exclusively to feel pain.” 安东尼马拉 　　

　　“作为一个人，她需要时不时地想起自己的日子被一万种方式伤害过，她的神经系统的存在不仅仅是为了感受痛苦。”安东尼马拉 　　

　　32. “There is no beyond, there is only here, the infinitely small, infinitely great and utterly demanding present.” Iris Murdoch 　　

　　“不谈未来，只谈客观现实；不管是无限小还是无限大。我们只需要对当下提出绝对严格的要求。”艾丽丝默多克街3354号 　　

　　33. “Oh, dear God, you don’t actually have a brain, do you, it’s more a filigreed spiderweb, with little chambers in it where trained monkeys play the pipe organ.” Glen David Gold 　　

　　“哦，亲爱的上帝，你不是真的有脑子吧？你的地方更像一个丝状蜘蛛网。有一个小房间，里面有训练有素的猴子在演奏风琴。”格伦大卫戈尔3354号 　　

　　34. “Deep in the muddled darkness six copper pheasant feathers glowed in a cradle of blackthorn.” Helen Macdonald 　　

　　"在混乱的黑暗中，六根青铜雉鸡羽毛在黑荆棘的摇篮中闪闪发光."海伦麦克唐纳3354号 　　

　　35. “I knew every raindrop by its name.” Denis Johnson 　　

　　"我知道每一滴雨滴的名字。"丹尼斯约翰逊 　　

　　36. “And by habit they shortened their thoughts so that they would not wander out into the darkness beyond tomorrow.” Carson McCullers 　　

　　“他们习惯于简化自己的思想，这样他们就不会在超越明天的黑暗中徘徊。”卡森麦卡勒斯3354号 　　

　　37. “The wind was picking up off the ocean now and the whole coastal scene had a bleak, abandoned look, as though Maine in November really belonged to the ragged gulls who wheeled over the sun-worn pier, and the humans had just gotten the news and taken a powder.” Jonathan Lethem 　　

　　“现在海上的风越来越大，整个沿海一片荒凉贫瘠的景象。看来缅因州真的属于那些疲惫的海鸥，在11月的太阳晒得码头上打滚，而人类刚刚得到消息就跑了。”乔纳森莱瑟姆3354号 　　

　　38. “They rode on and the sun in the east flushed pale streaks of light and then a deeper run of color like blood seeping up in sudden reaches flaring planewise and where the earth drained up into the sky at the edge of creation the top of the sun rose out of nothing like the head of a great red phallus until it cleared the unseen rim and sat squat and pulsing and malevolent behind them.” Cormac McCarthy 　　

　　“他们继续前进。东方的太阳发出微弱的光芒，然后一抹绯红色突然向上渗出，照在飞机上。在创世的边缘，大地冲向天空。太阳的顶部就像一个巨大的红色柱子的头部，从无到有，直到它清除了看不见的边缘。他们蹲在所有的风景后面，充满了激动的恶意。”-科马克麦卡锡 　　

　　39. “Fabricated of supple brown leather by an esteemed New England manufacturer, the rucksack smelled richly, mysteriously of autumn leaves, grilled lobster, and the sweat and sperm of boys’ boarding schools.” Viet Thanh Nguyen 　　

　　这个背包是由新英格兰一家受人尊敬的制造商用柔软的棕色皮革制成的，它散发出强烈的秋叶、烤龙虾和寄宿学校男生的汗水和精子的神秘味道。阮庆岳 　　

　　40. “A complying memory has obliterated many of them and edited my childhood down to a brief cinematic blur.” VS Naipaul 　　

　　“常规的记忆抹去了许多过去的时光，把我的童年编辑成一个短暂而模糊的电影影像。”vs奈保尔