The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.

  • -- Italo Calvino 伊塔罗·卡尔维诺

我们的房子越开明,它们的墙壁就越会渗出鬼魂。

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A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework, in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world.

一个孩子也永远无法理解这样一个事实:同样是这位母亲,她做饭做得那么好,那么关心他的咳嗽,那么慈祥地帮助他做作业,在某些情况下,她对他的感情不过是隐藏在他内心世界的一堵墙。

Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it.

我只去过几次教堂,并从中受到启发。

If you think you're enlightened, go spend a week with your family.

如果你觉得自己很开明,那就花一周时间和家人在一起。

The weakest go to the wall.

弱者碰壁。