I have to confess that I have so rarely experienced triumph that I cannot claim to know it well enough to judge, but it seems to be at best a momentary joy followed instantly by sadness, and, then, of necessity, by wariness.

  • -- Mark Helprin 普林

我必须承认,我很少经历过胜利,因此我不能说我很清楚地知道胜利的意义,但它充其量不过是短暂的快乐之后紧接着是悲伤,然后必然是警惕。

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It seems to me that unless you or someone very close to you has had a bad head injury, you really can't fathom it. You have no concept of what it is all about. It was so difficult for my whole family, not just me.

在我看来,除非你或你非常亲近的人有严重的头部受伤,否则你真的无法理解。你根本不知道这是怎么回事。这对我的整个家庭来说都很困难,不仅仅是我。

My kitchen is not a place to live in. I made it white so I can tell instantly if it's not clean-and I like it clean enough to be able to eat off the floors-or the tables, for that matter.

我的厨房不是住的地方。我把它涂成白色,这样我就能立刻分辨出它是否干净——而且我喜欢它干净到可以在地板上或者桌子上吃东西。

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

任何称职的人都会坚持他认为正确的事情,但只有稍微好一点的人才会立即毫无保留地承认自己错了。

No one can appropriate God, goodness, the Bible or Jesus. It just seems that way.

没有人能盗用神、良善、圣经或耶稣。似乎就是这样。