The knowledge that she would never be loved in return acted upon her ideas as a tide acts upon cliffs.

  • -- Thornton Wilder 桑顿·怀尔德

她知道自己永远不会得到别人的爱作为回报,这一认识对她的思想起了作用,就像潮水对峭壁起作用一样。

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When you lose all sense of self the bonds of a thousand chains will vanish. Lose yourself completely, return to the root of the root of your own soul.

当你失去所有的自我意识时,千条锁链的束缚就会消失。彻底迷失自己,回到自己灵魂的根。

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls.

思想在思想的交流中得到升华和发展。在他们的辉煌中,意象产生了一种非常简单的心灵交流。

The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere.

最难的是想法。想法来自某个地方,但就我们所知,它们来自任何地方。

He travels best that knows when to return.

知道什么时候回来的人旅行得最好。