Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh.

  • -- Quentin Crisp 昆汀·奎斯普

没有什么比讲述不幸的经历更能缩短一段愉快的旅程了。

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I've learned that in the theater the story is everything. Every lyric, every line and every musical gesture has to propel the journey of a given character or the overall plot.

我明白了,在剧院里,故事就是一切。每一句歌词、每一句台词、每一个音乐动作都必须推动一个角色或整个情节的发展。

A woman, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

一个女人,尤其是当她不幸什么都知道的时候,应该尽可能地把它藏起来。

It must take account of what it decrees for today in order that today may not paralyze tomorrow.

它必须考虑到今天的法令,以免今天使明天瘫痪。

There's so little money in my bank account, my scenic checks show a ghetto.

我的银行账户里几乎没有钱了,我的风景支票显示出了贫民区。

We are strong enough to bear the misfortunes of others.

我们有足够的力量去承受别人的不幸。

Thinking: this journey will be the axle of my life.

思考:这段旅程将成为我生命的轴心。