All the King's Men

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• 青少年时代的朋友是你唯一的朋友，因为他并不真正看见你。他看见的是不再存在的心目中的面庞，他呼唤的名字——斯帕克、巴德、斯尼普、莱德、莱斯蒂、杰克、戴文——属于那张不复存在的面庞，但是由于大千世界老迈昏聩一时糊涂，让这名字和一个不堪令人欢迎的、叫人厌烦的陌生人联系在一起。他迁就大千世界老迈昏聩的糊涂行为，仍然很客气地用那些名字称呼这位令人乏味的陌生人；实际上，这名字属于一个孩子，属于过去的岁月。那时，这个孩子在黄昏水面上，在夜晚的篝火旁，或者在闹市街道会说，“嗨，听着——‘温洛岭一代草木深诉着悲苦，雷铿岗披离的林莽似叹息填膺——’”你青少年时代的朋友是你的朋友，因为他不再看到你。 (查看原文)

  李可笑 2赞 2015-08-04 10:57:48

• Willie Stark was to stand on those steps at eight o'clock that night, in a flood of light, looking small at the top of the great steps with the mountainous heave of the building behind him. ...... That night the people pressed up to the very steps, filling all the shadow beyond the sharply defined area of light. (Lighting apparatus had been mounted on the pedestals of two statues, one buckskin, one frock coat.) They called and chanted, "Willie–Willie–Willie," pressing at the cordon of police at the foot of the steps. Then, after a while, out of the tall doorway of the Capitol, he appeared. Then, as he stood there, blinking in the light, the words of the chant disappeared, and there was a moment of stillness, and then there was only the roar. It seemed a long time before he lifted his hand ... (查看原文)

  雁云 1赞 2019-05-18 22:50:48

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