We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

We are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates.

一个作家的天才之处，不仅在于他的创作灵感，还在于他的选择。

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生