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 have followed holiness, I have taught truth, and I have been most in the main things; not that I thought the things concerning our times little, but that I thought none could do anything to purpose in God's great and public matters, till they were right in their conditions.

我以圣洁为本,以真理为教训,在许多事上有忠心。我并不是不重视我们这个时代的事情,而是我认为,在上帝的大事和公共事务上,没有人能做任何事情来达到目的,除非他们的条件合适。

We have come to the edge of the abyss and now it is time for a bold step forward. There is a political view that the tougher you are, the more credible you are.

我们已经来到深渊的边缘,现在是大胆向前迈出一步的时候了。有一种政治观点认为,你越强硬,你就越可信。

Brooklyn is not the easiest place to grow up in, although I wouldn't change that experience for anything.

布鲁克林不是最容易长大的地方,尽管我不会为了任何事情改变这种经历。

I hope you’re thinking of me, because thoughts of you drift into my mind at least a million times a day.

我希望你一直想着我,因为对你的思念一天至少会在我的脑海中出现一百万次。

Loving him is like trying to change your mind once you're already flying through the free fall.

爱他就像在自由落体时试图改变自己的想法。

On second thought, I think I am more crazy than my goat.

再想想,我想我比我的山羊还疯狂。