安东妮娅·苏珊·达菲·戴菲·霍夫巴夫人，专业上被称为A.S.Byatt，是英国小说家、诗人和布克奖得主。2008年，《泰晤士报》将她列入1945年以来英国50位最伟大作家的名单。
On buses and trains, I always think about the inexhaustible variety of human genes. We see types, and occasionally twins, but never doubles. All faces are unique, and this is exhilarating, despite the increasingly plastic similarity of TV stars and actors.
在公共汽车和火车上，我总是想着人类基因的无穷无尽的变化。 我们看到类型，偶尔看到双胞胎，但从不成双。 尽管电视明星和演员之间越来越相似，但所有面孔都是独一无二的，这令人振奋。
I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity. If you look really hard at almost anybody, and try to see why they're doing what they're doing, taking a dig at them ceases to be what you want to do even if you hate them.
我认为我最看重的是好奇心。 如果您真的很难看待任何人，然后尝试看看他们为什么做自己在做的事情，那么即使您讨厌他们，对他们的深入了解也不再是您想要做的事情。
We talk about feelings. And about sex. And about bodies, and their gratification, violation, repair, decoration, deferred, maybe permanently deferred, mortality. Feelings are a bodily thing, and respecting them is called, is, kindness.
我们谈论感情。关于性。关于身体，以及他们的满足，侵犯，修复，装饰，推迟，也许永久推迟，死亡。感情是一种身体的东西，尊重它们叫做善良。