All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved.

  • -- Elizabeth Bowen 伊丽莎白·鲍恩

在你年轻的时候,你希望自己的伟大被认为是理所当然的;当你发现这是理所当然的,你就会感到不安。

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Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing when you've reached your goal.

想象自己已经达到了这个目标。当你达到目标时,看看你自己正在做的事情。

One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has completely altered.

一个人每天都在变,而且……几年过去了,一个人完全变了。

The aim of literary ambition is to demonstrate one's greatness of soul.

文学抱负的目的是展示一个人灵魂的伟大。

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.

善良不在于伟大,而在于伟大在于善良。