1.Charles Dickens: A Tale Of Two Cities
查尔斯·狄更斯：《双城记》
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way."
“这是最好的时代，这是最坏的时代；这是智慧的时代，这是愚蠢的时代；这是信仰的时期，这是怀疑的时期；这是光明的季节，这是黑暗的季节；这是希望之春，这是失望之冬；人们面前有着各样事物，人们面前一无所有；人们正在直登天堂，人们正在直下地狱。”
2.F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
弗·司各特·菲茨杰拉德：《了不起的盖茨比》
"In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. Whenever you feel like criticising any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had。”
“我年纪还轻，阅历不深的时候，我父亲教导过我一句话，我至今还念念不忘。每逢你想要批评任何人的时候，他对我说，你就记住，这个世界上所有的人，并不是个个都有过你拥有的那些优越条件。”
3.Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man And The Sea
欧内斯特·海明威：《老人与海》
"He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish."
“他是个独自在湾流中一条小船上钓鱼的老人，至今已去了八十四天，一条鱼也没逮住。
4.George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty-Four
乔治·奥威尔：《1984》
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen。”
“四月的一天，晴朗而寒冷，时钟敲过十三下。”
5.Marguerite Duras ：L'amante（The Lover）
玛格丽特·杜拉斯：《情人》
One day, I was already old, in the entrance of a public place a man came up to me. He introduced himself and said, "I've known you for years. Everyone says you were beautiful when you were young, but I want to tell you I think you're more beautiful now than then. Rather than your face as a young woman, I prefer your face as it is now. Ravaged."
我已经老了，有一天，在一处公共场所的大厅里，有一个男人向我走来。他主动介绍自己，他对我说：“我认识你，永远记得你。那时候，你还很年轻，人人都说你美，现在，我是特为来告诉你，对我来说，我觉得现在你比年轻的时候更美，那时候你是年轻女人，与你那时的面貌相比，我更爱你现在备受摧残的面容。”
6.Alexandre Dumas.fils :The Lady of the Camellias
亚历山大·小仲马：《茶花女》
It is my considered view that no one can invent fictional characters without first having made a lengthy study of people, just as it is impossible for anyone to speak a language that has not been properly mastered.
我认为，没有人可以在对人进行深入的研究之前就能创造出虚构的人物，这就像人们不可能讲一门还没有掌握的语言一样。
7.Albert Camus: The Stranger
阿尔贝·加缪：《局外人》
"Mother died today. Or maybe, yesterday; I can't be sure."
“今天，妈妈死了。也许是昨天，我不知道。”
8.Leo Tolstoy: Anna Karenina
列夫·托尔斯特：《安娜·卡列尼娜》
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
“幸福的家庭都是相似的，不幸的家庭各有各的不幸。”
9.Vladimir Nabokov: Lolita
弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫：《洛丽塔》
“Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta."
“洛丽塔，我生命之光，我欲念之火。我的罪恶，我的灵魂。洛——丽——塔：舌尖向上，分三步，从上颚往下轻轻落在牙齿上。洛。丽。塔。”
