Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

在我们还是婴儿的时候,天堂就在我们周围;不久之后,世界也开始在我们周围撒谎。

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I imagine a child. That child is me. I can reconstruct and vividly remember portions of my own childhood. I can see, taste, smell, feel, and hear them. Then what I do is, not write about that kid or about his world, but start to think of a book that would have pleased him.

我想象一个孩子。那个孩子就是我。我能重建并生动地回忆起我童年的某些部分。我能看见、尝到、闻到、感觉到并听到它们。然后我要做的,不是写那个孩子或他的世界,而是开始想一本他会喜欢的书。

As a person, I'm pretty much the same except that I've come to terms with who my real friends and supporters are. I don't get particularly friendly with new people at first go.

作为一个人,除了我已经接受了真正的朋友和支持者是谁之外,我几乎是一样的。刚开始我对新朋友不是特别友好。

That was my childhood. I grew up with the monks, studying Sanskrit and meditating for hours in the morning and hours in the evening, and going once a day to beg for food.

那是我的童年。我和僧侣们一起长大,学习梵语,早晚都要冥想好几个小时,每天去乞讨一次食物。

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.

一个作家应该为他那一代的青年、下一代的评论家和后世的校长写作。

If there's a heaven upon the earth, a fellow knows it when He's been away from home a week, and then gets back again.

如果地球上有天堂,一个人离开家一个星期就会知道,然后再回来。

History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.

历史、社会学、经济学、心理学等证实了乔伊斯关于普通人是受害者的观点。

This is a pivotal time for urban regeneration. We must take a long term view.

这是城市更新的关键时刻。我们必须着眼长远。

If life were measured by accomplishments, most of us would die in infancy.

如果用成就来衡量人生,我们大多数人都会在婴儿期夭折。

If I was in Heaven, I would be on a throne and its King would be packing.

如果我在天堂,我就会坐在宝座上,而国王正在收拾行囊。

Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.

听着,我想即使是不好的年景也是相当不错的年景。