There came to port last Sunday night the queerest little craft, without an inch of rigging on; I looked and looked - and laughed. It seemed so curious that she should cross the unknown water, and moor herself within my room - my daughter! O my daughter!

  • -- George Washington Cable 乔治·华盛顿·凯布林

上个星期天晚上,有一艘最奇怪的小船驶进了港口。我看了又看,笑了。她要渡过这片未知的水域,把自己关在我的房间里——我的女儿!啊,我的女儿!

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Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting.

同时对比不仅是一种奇特的光学现象,也是绘画的核心。

A woman, the more curious she is about her face, is commonly the more careless about her house.

一个女人对她的脸越好奇,通常对她的房子就越粗心。

Woman, no less than man, can qualify herself for the more onerous occupations of life.

女人和男人一样,有资格从事生活中更繁重的工作。

But I don't distinguish between being laughed with, and laughed at. I'll take either.

但我分不清是被人嘲笑,还是被人嘲笑。我要带。

Once I married Fernando, I became invisible.

一旦我嫁给费尔南多,我就成了隐形人。

I laughed all the way through Love Story.

整个爱情故事我都笑个不停。