Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.

  • -- George Savile 萨维尔

有些人的记忆就像一个盒子,一个人应该把他的珠宝和他的旧鞋混在一起。

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There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison; there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together; there are no ideas - the animal does not think of the box or of the food or of the act he is to perform.

没有推理,没有推理或比较的过程;没有思考的东西,没有把两者结合在一起;没有想法——动物不会想到盒子、食物或他要做的事情。

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.

这种创造性的行为只持续了很短的一段时间,就像闪电一样的给予和接受,这段时间刚好够你把相机调平,把稍纵即逝的猎物困在你的小盒子里。

Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.

我爱的人曾经给过我一个装满黑暗的盒子。我花了很多年才明白,这也是一份礼物。

Better a serpent than a stepmother!

做蛇总比做继母好!