THERE ARE PEOPLE who are destined to taste only the poison in things, for whom any surprise is a painful surprise and any experience a new occasion for torture.

• 那些注定品尝到的只是物中之毒的人，对于他们而言，任何惊奇，都是一种痛苦的惊奇，任何体验，都是一遍新的酷刑。