When this boy was brought to Dr. Young, his name being William, the same as mine, my mother was ordered to change mine to something else. This, at the time, I thought to be one of the most cruel acts that could be committed upon my rights.

  • -- William Wells Brown 布朗

当这个男孩被带到杨医生那里时,他的名字叫威廉,和我的名字一样,我妈妈奉命把我的名字换成别的名字。在当时,我认为这是对我的权利所能采取的最残酷的行为之一。

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I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing.

我和任何人一样喜欢改变。你不想一直做同样的事情,因为当你在做同样的事情的时候,你就很难去冒险、去创造、去感受灵感。

Every child should have a caring adult in their lives. And that's not always a biological parent or family member. It may be a friend or neighbor. Often times it is a teacher.

每个孩子的生活中都应该有一个有爱心的成年人。而这并不总是一个亲生父母或家庭成员。它可能是一个朋友或邻居。通常是老师。

I loved to write when I was a child. I wrote, but I always thought it was something that you did as a child, then you put away childish things.

我小时候喜欢写作。我写过,但我一直以为那是你小时候做的事,然后你就把幼稚的东西收起来了。

The thought of' the inferiority of the Negro is drilled into him in almost every class he enters and in almost every book he studies.

在他所上的几乎每一门课上,在他所读的几乎每一本书中,黑人的劣等思想都在他脑海中根深蒂固。

You may not seem able to change some outer circumstances but you can start by changing your inner experience of life and yourself.

你可能看起来无法改变一些外部环境,但你可以从改变你的生活和你自己的内心体验开始。

In me is working a power stronger than every other power. The life that is in me is a thousand times bigger than I am outside.

在我里面有一种力量比其他任何力量都强大。内在的生命比外在的生命大一千倍。