They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.

  • -- Emily Dickinson 狄金森

他们可能不需要我;但他们可能。我要让我的头就在眼前;像我这样微不足道的微笑也许正是他们所需要的。

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A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station.

刚当上父亲的人很快就会发现,他的孩子总是在他上厕所的准确时间来上厕所,好像他需要有人陪着一样。对这位父亲来说,确保浴室隐私的唯一方法就是在加油站刮胡子。

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.

雄辩的最高境界不给人留下多少理性或思考的余地,而完全诉诸于欲望和情感,吸引那些愿意倾听的人,并征服他们的理智。

The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

我们所观察的宇宙,如果其本质上没有设计、没有目的、没有恶、没有善,只有盲目、无情的冷漠,那么它就具有我们所期望的特性。

I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird.

我想工作多久就工作多久,可是我像小鸟一样自由自在。