Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.

  • -- Mason Cooley 梅森·库利

年轻的诗人悲叹爱情的逝去;老诗人,岁月的流逝。令人惊讶的是,两者之间几乎没有什么区别。

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I used to own an island in the Seychelles and had a big boat there and one day I came across some Somali pirates who were passing by on their way to re-provision their boat. They didn't even acknowledge me - which is unheard of among sailors - and it was like looking into the eyes of a black mamba.

我曾经在塞舌尔拥有一个小岛,那里有一艘大船。有一天,我遇到了一些索马里海盗,他们正经过塞舌尔为他们的船补给给养。他们甚至不认识我——这在水手中是闻所未闻的——就像看着一只黑曼巴的眼睛。

It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.

人们经常注意到,战争的第一个受害者是真相。但这也是个谎言。事实是,大多数战争要开始,真相必须在很长一段时间之前就被牺牲掉。

Knowledge about life is one thing; effective occupation of a place in life, with its dynamic currents passing through your being, is another.

关于生命的知识是一回事;对生活中某个地方的有效占有,以及它通过你的存在的流动,是另一回事。

The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity.

诗人的想象力支配现实的程度,说到底,正是衡量他的重要性和尊严的准确尺度。

It's hard for young players to see the big picture. They just see three or four years down the road.

年轻球员很难看到大局。他们只看到未来三四年。

When I was quite young, she was working in a hardware store, so I grew up knowing about hardware.

我很小的时候,她在五金店工作,所以我从小就知道五金店。

People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.

人们在生命中的任何时候都有能力去做他们梦想的事情。

All poets' wives have rotten lives Their husbands look at them like knives.

所有诗人的妻子都过着堕落的生活,他们的丈夫却把她们看得像刀子一样。