The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

清教徒憎恨熊的引诱,不是因为它给熊带来痛苦,而是因为它给观众带来快乐。

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Nothing good gets written without the writer suffering along the way, in my opinion. Writing should be a pleasure, but unless you feel almost broken many, many times in the journey to a novel, you haven't pushed yourself hard enough.

在我看来,没有作家在写作过程中不经历痛苦,就不会有好的作品。写作应该是一种乐趣,但除非你在写小说的过程中多次感到几乎崩溃,否则你还没有给自己足够的压力。

Waiting hurts. Forgetting hurts. But not knowing which decision to take can sometimes be the most painful.

等伤害。忘记伤害。但有时不知道该做哪个决定是最痛苦的。

Sometimes I felt as if I could not bear it any longer to be away from you!

有时候我觉得我再也不能忍受离开你了!

Pain's nothing. Pain's what you give, not what you get.

没有疼痛。痛苦是你给予的,而不是你得到的。

Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.

短暂的快乐往往是长期痛苦的根源。

To bear is to conquer our fate.

忍耐就是征服命运。