What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

  • -- Benjamin Disraeli 本杰明·迪斯雷利

我们预料不到的事很少发生,但我们预料不到的事往往发生。

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A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.

一个人在期待和期待某种特别的满足时所表现出来的快乐,是他事先享受到的快乐的一部分。但这是后来扣除的,因为我们越期待任何事情,当它来的时候,我们就越不喜欢它。

We can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone.

我们不能指望所有人都能同时出现在我们身边。幸运的是,你只需要一个人。

I just have to proceed as usual. No matter what happens, nothing helps with the writing of the next book.

我只是像往常一样继续。不管发生什么事,都无助于下一本书的写作。

Generally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject.

一般来说,我生产的都是新的。当然,它们通常是同一主题的变体。

A small town is a place where there's no place to go where you shouldn't.

小镇是一个没有地方可以去的地方,你不应该去的地方。

In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order.

在所有的混乱中都有一个宇宙,在所有的混乱中都有一个秘密的秩序。

We carve out risk-free lives where nothing happens.

我们开创了无风险的生活,什么都不发生。

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

恐惧是因对邪恶的预期而产生的痛苦。

Nobody really expects a Nobel Prize call.

没有人真的希望接到诺贝尔奖的电话。