But the history of the changes produced by a universal idea is not a history of changes in the individual, but of changes brought about by the successive efforts of millions of individuals in the course of many generations.

  • -- Lafcadio Hearn 小泉八云

但是,由一种普遍观念所产生的变化的历史并不是关于个人的变化的历史,而是关于在许多代人的过程中由数百万个人的连续努力所带来的变化的历史。

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In my time and neighborhood (and in my soul) there was only one standard by which a woman measured success: did some man want her?

在我那个时代、那个社区(以及我的灵魂深处),衡量一个女人成功的标准只有一个:有没有男人想要她?

Because I was successful over the years, I never had the opportunity to do the stuff I really wanted.

因为这些年我很成功,我从来没有机会做我真正想做的事情。