科马克·麦卡锡
美国 · 1933–2023
美国小说家，其圣经般的散文和对暴力、景观与人类极端状态的毫不留情的描绘使他成为美国文学中最卓越的声音之一。他的作品行走在语言与沉默的边界，道德确定性在自然的冷漠中消解。
维基百科 ↗“He turned and looked back at the steps he had come down. Where you've been is not important. Where you are is not important. The only thing that's important is where you're going.”
英语
“他转身回望自己走下的台阶。你去过哪里并不重要。你在哪里也不重要。唯一重要的是你要去哪里。”
“Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent.”
英语
“造物中凡不在我认知之内的，都不在我同意之内。”
“War was always here. Before man was, war waited for him. The ultimate trade awaiting its ultimate practitioner.”
英语
“战争一直在这里。在人出现之前，战争就在等他了。终极的行当等待着它终极的从业者。”
“Between the wish and the thing the world lies waiting.”
英语
“在愿望与事物之间，世界静候着。”
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”
英语
“你永远不知道你的厄运使你免于遭受什么更大的厄运。”
“If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?”
英语
“如果你遵循的规则将你引到了这里，那规则还有什么用？”
“He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe.”
英语
“他走出去站在灰蒙蒙的光线中，在短暂的一瞬间看到了世界的绝对真相。无遗嘱之地球冷酷无情的运转。不可安抚的黑暗。太阳的盲目猎犬在奔跑。宇宙压碎一切的黑色真空。”
“You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget.”
英语
“你忘记了你想记住的，你记住了你想忘记的。”