If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up?

  • -- Chuck Palahniuk 恰克·帕拉尼克

如果死亡意味着离开舞台的时间足够长,可以换一身戏服,以一个新角色的身份回来,你会放慢脚步吗?或加速?

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If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load that is laid upon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly together. So, if therapists wish to foster their patients' mental health, they should not be afraid to increase that load through a reorientation toward the meaning of one's life.

如果建筑师想要加固一个破旧的拱门,他们会增加施加在上面的荷载,因为这样各个部分就能更牢固地连接在一起。因此,如果治疗师希望培养他们的病人的心理健康,他们不应该害怕通过对人生意义的重新定位而增加这种负担。

One of the things I noticed more in this draft than in any recent drafts was the importance of the character issue. Players who had baggage, like Justice, fell much farther than his talent dictated. But a lot of coaches didn't want to take the chance.

我在这篇草稿中注意到的一件事比最近的任何草稿都要多,那就是性格问题的重要性。有包袱的球员,比如正义感,比他的天赋所要求的要堕落得多。但很多教练不想冒这个险。

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes and always count their change when it is handed to them.

作家很少选择那些自成一体的人物作为朋友,他们从不惹麻烦,从不不开心或生病,从不犯错误,总是在别人给他们找钱的时候数数。

Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.

不要把它过于简单化,有人曾经说过,诠释一个角色的一个好的经验法则是在你所描绘的坏人身上找到好的一面,在好的一面找到坏的一面。

The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power.

女神象征的最简单、最基本的意义是承认女性权力作为一种慈善和独立的权力的合法性。

Whether you're winning or losing, it is important to always be yourself. You can't change because of the circumstances around you.

无论输赢,重要的是永远做你自己。你不能因为周围的环境而改变。

Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.

由于环境变化而产生的意见不一往往是有理由的。

Character is that sum total of moments we can't explain.

品格是我们无法解释的瞬间的总和。

I wouldn't like to be a character in one of my books!

我不想在我的书中扮演一个角色!

I wouldn't go back and change anything.

我不会回去改变任何事情。

Poker is meant to be enjoyed.

扑克是用来享受的。