I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman.

  • -- Patricia Highsmith 帕特丽夏·海史密斯

如果有人在家里,我就不能写,即使是清洁女工也不行。

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It is not alone the fact that women have generally had to spend most of their strength in caring for others that has handicapped them in individual effort; but also that they have almost universally had to care wholly for themselves.

妇女通常不得不花费大部分精力照顾他人,这一事实并不孤单,这也妨碍了她们的个人努力;而且,他们几乎都必须完全照顾自己。

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.

如果让我说出房子的主要好处,我会说:房子可以庇护白日做梦的人,房子可以保护做梦的人,房子可以让人安静地做梦。

T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.

那是圣诞节的前一天晚上,屋子里没有一个动物在动,连一只老鼠也没有。

A woman is like a teabag – only in hot water do you realize how strong she is.

女人就像一只茶包,只有在热水里你才知道她有多坚强。