The cell phone has become the adult's transitional object, replacing the toddler's teddy bear for comfort and a sense of belonging.

  • -- Margaret Heffernan 玛格丽特·赫弗南

手机已经成为成年人的过渡性物品,取代了蹒跚学步的泰迪熊,带来了舒适感和归属感。

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If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.

如果你寻求真理,最终你会找到安慰;如果你寻求安慰,你将不会得到安慰或真相,只有软肥皂和一厢情愿的想法开始,最终,绝望。

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.

一扇门的关闭可以带来神圣的隐私和舒适——打开,恐惧。相反,关门可能是一件悲伤的事,也是最后一件事,而开门则是一个非常快乐的时刻。

Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.

给予连接着两个人,给予者和接受者,这种连接产生了一种新的归属感。

When I was a kid... I needed to belong.

当我还是个孩子的时候…我需要归属感。