5. Virginia Woolf and her dog Pinka

“This you’ll call sentimental—perhaps—but then a dog somehow represents—no I can’t think of the word—the private side of life—the play side.”

6. Flannery O’Connor with one of her many beloved peacocks

“When the peacock has presented his back, the spectator will usually begin to walk around him to get a front view; but the peacock will continue to turn so that no front view is possible. The thing to do then is to stand still and wait until it pleases him to turn. When it suits him, the peacock will face you. Then you will see in a green-bronze arch around him a galaxy of gazing haloed suns. This is the moment when most people are silent.”

7. Ernest Hemingway with one of his many cats

“A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.”

8. Tennessee Williams and his cat Sabbath

“What is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof? —I wish I knew... Just staying on it, I guess, as long as she can...”

Vocabulary

1. vice versa: 反过来也一样，反之亦然。

2. 也许因为宠物是作家可以向之倾吐心声的安静恒定的聆听者，或是因为作家深广的灵魂。pull: 影响力，吸引力;boundless: 无穷的，无边际的。

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