Behold how much wood is kindled by how small a fire, and the tongue is fire.

  • -- Marilynne Robinson 玛丽莲·罗宾逊

看哪,小小的火能点起多少木柴,舌头就是火。

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There stands no contradiction between giving voice to legitimate anxiety and at the same time, as and when exchange of fire commences, looking to the rest of the country, as well as all of us in the House, to give full moral support to our forces.

在合理表达忧虑的同时,在交火开始的时候,我们期待着全国其他地区以及众议院的所有人向我们的部队提供充分的道义支持,这两者之间没有矛盾。

I am tired, beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you; of squeezing it into little ink drops, and posting it. And I scald alone, here, under the fire of the great moon.

亲爱的,我累了,因为没有你,我的心烦躁不安;把它挤进小墨水滴里,然后贴上去。我在这里,在一轮明月的照耀下,独自烫伤。