I think that people who live in cultures without quite so much privilege, opportunity or grandiosity have a little bit more respect for the workings of destiny, and the limitations that people can find themselves in through no fault of their own.

  • -- Elizabeth Gilbert 伊丽莎白·吉尔伯特

我认为,生活在没有那么多特权、机会或浮夸的文化中的人,对命运的运作有更多的尊重,以及人们发现自己所处的局限,而这些局限并不是他们自己的过错。

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Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

命运不是机会的问题,而是选择的问题;它不是一件等待的事情,而是一件需要实现的事情。

Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.

剥开悲观主义者的外衣,你会发现他们往往是特权的捍卫者。

One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it.

一个人常常在逃避命运的路上遇见它。

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.

一生的特权就是做你自己。