We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.

  • -- Gerald Brenan 杰拉尔德·布雷南

我们向别人承认自己的坏品质,因为我们害怕自己不知道这些坏品质而显得幼稚或可笑。

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A lot of people say I seem masculine, but I don't feel it. I feel intrinsically feminine. I'd love to be one of the boys but I always felt a bit on the outside. Maybe my masculine qualities come from overcompensating because I'm not one of the boys.

很多人说我看起来很男性化,但我没有感觉到。我觉得自己本质上是个女人。我很想成为其中的一员,但我总是感到有点不自在。也许我的男性特质来自于过度补偿,因为我不是那种男孩。

We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.

然而,我们必须承认,在我看来,这个人的所有高尚品质……他的身体上仍然带有他卑微出身的不可磨灭的印记。

When we get to wishing a great deal for ourselves, whatever we get soon turns into mere limitation and exclusion.

当我们对自己许了很大的希望时,我们很快就会发现,我们得到的只是限制和排斥。

We would rather speak ill of ourselves than not talk about ourselves at all.

我们宁可说自己的坏话,也不愿完全不谈论自己。