Do you see the queer thing about people like me? Sometimes we hold your retribution.

  • -- Jamaica Kincaid 牙买加·琴凯德

你看到像我这样的人的古怪之处了吗?有时我们会惩罚你。

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Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on so long it sometimes seems that we are reaching the stage when we may have to announce ourselves to death. It is as though one needs a special strength to die, and not a final weakness.

死亡过去常常在生命的壮年宣布它自己,但现在人们拖得太久了,有时我们似乎到了不得不宣布死亡的时候。就好像一个人死的时候需要一种特殊的力量,而不是最终的弱点。

When people hurt you over and over, think of them as sandpapers. They scratch and hurt you. But later, you'll shining and polished while they end up useless.

当人们一次又一次地伤害你时,把他们当成砂纸。它们会抓伤你。但后来,你会擦亮它们,而它们最终却毫无用处。