What does it feel like to be a parent? What does it feel like to be a child? And that's what stories do. They bring you there. They offer a dramatic explanation, which is always different from an expository explanation.

  • -- Richard Russo 理查德·罗素

当父母是什么感觉?当个孩子是什么感觉?这就是故事的作用。他们把你带到那里。他们提供了戏剧性的解释,这总是不同于解释性的解释。

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At the beginning of the season, I set my goal to see if I can lead the league in scoring, because I feel I have that kind of ability. A lot of guys say it, but it's not really in their grasp. I feel that's really in my grasp.

在赛季初,我设定了我的目标,看看我是否能在得分上领先联盟,因为我觉得我有那种能力。很多人都这么说,但这并不在他们的掌握之中。我觉得那真的在我的掌握之中。

My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise.

我父母的离婚和学校的艰难时光,所有这些加在一起塑造了我,让我成长得更快。它给我动力去追求我的梦想,否则我不一定会有。

But love is really more of an interactive process. It's about what we do not just what we feel. It's a verb, not a noun.

但爱更多的是一个互动的过程。重要的不是我们的感觉,而是我们所做的。它是动词,不是名词。

A child who has never fantasized about having other parents is seriously lacking in imagination.

一个从未幻想过有其他父母的孩子严重缺乏想象力。

Each time a child opens a book, he pushes open the gate that separates him from Elsewhere.

每当一个孩子打开一本书,他就推开一扇把他和其他地方隔开的门。

Every parent wants to see their kids excel.

每个家长都想看到自己的孩子出类拔萃。