Writing poetry is the hard manual labor of the imagination.

  • -- Ishmael Reed 里德

写诗是想象力的艰苦劳动。

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I've heard people say it looks as if I don't care and I've certainly read that, but the way I play is natural. I don't think I can change it. I know I'm working as hard as the next man, even if it doesn't always look that way.

我听人说我好像不在乎,我当然也读过,但我打球的方式很自然。我想我改变不了。我知道我和其他人一样努力工作,即使情况并不总是这样。

The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should be acquired because we urgently need them -- to convey, to reach, to express something within us, and to understand others.

学习词汇的最后一个动机应该是给人留下深刻印象。语言是需要后天习得的,因为我们迫切需要它们——去传达,去触及,去表达我们内心的某种东西,去理解他人。

Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go To heal my heart and drown my woe Rain may fall, and wind may blow And many miles be still to go But under a tall tree will I lie And let the clouds go sailing by.

喂!喂!喂!我走向瓶子 治愈我的心,淹没我的悲伤 可能下雨,也可能刮风 还有很长的路要走 但我会躺在一棵大树下 让云彩飘过。

The drama of the essay is the way the public life intersects with my personal and private life. It's in that intersection that I find the energy of the essay.

这篇文章的戏剧性之处在于,公共生活与我的个人生活和私人生活交织在一起。正是在这个十字路口,我找到了这篇文章的能量。

One day I will risk losing you forever. When I’ll tell you for the first time that I love you.

总有一天我会冒着永远失去你的危险。当我第一次告诉你我爱你。

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

世上有三样东西是极其坚硬的:钢、钻石和认识自己。