Shoes are the first adult machines we are given to master.

  • -- Nicholson Baker 尼科尔森·贝克

鞋子是我们掌握的第一个成人机器。

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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.

我们所有人都面临的问题是,我们将在什么样的文化中度过余生,然后将其传承给下一代——是接受这些最基本的价值观,还是因为没有这些价值观而崩溃。

For almost anyone who chooses to be a writer, since so very few writers are able to learn a living from their work that is equivalent to the living earned by the average dentist or accountant.

对于几乎所有选择成为作家的人来说,因为很少有作家能够从他们的工作中获得相当于一般牙医或会计师的收入。

Who of us is mature enough for offspring before the offspring themselves arrive? The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

我们当中有谁在后代降临之前就已经足够成熟到可以繁衍后代了?婚姻的价值不在于成人生孩子,而在于孩子生成人。

Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.

不要说你的前任或继任者的坏话。你没有站在他们的立场上思考。

I know a number of autistic adults that are doing extremely well on Prozac.

我知道一些患有自闭症的成年人服用百忧解效果非常好。

My culinary wardrobe is the same as my biking wardrobe, just no shoes.

我的厨房衣柜和我的自行车衣柜一样,只是没有鞋子。

Let your hope of heaven master your fear of death.

让你对天堂的希望战胜对死亡的恐惧。

A good servant makes a good master.

好仆人造就好主人。