No story comes from nowhere; new stories are born from old-it is the new combinations that make them new.

No story comes from nowhere; new stories are born from old-it is the new combinations that make them new.

没有故事是凭空而来的;新故事从旧故事中诞生——是新的组合使它们成为新的。

-- Salman Rushdie 鲁西迪