It is usually expensive and lonely to be principled.

  • -- Paul Theroux 保罗·泰鲁

有原则通常是昂贵而孤独的。

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I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.

我从未找到过比独处更好的伴侣。在大多数情况下,当我们出国与人交往时,比我们呆在自己的房间里时更感到孤独。一个思考或工作的人总是孤独的,让他去他想去的地方。

That is part of the beauty of literature. You discover that your longing are universal longing, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.

这就是文学之美。你发现你的渴望是普遍的渴望,你不孤独,不与世隔绝。你属于谁。

I wish I had been wiser. I wish I had been more effective, I wish I'd been more unifying, I wish I'd been more principled.

我希望我当时更明智一些。我希望我能更有效率,我希望我能更团结,我希望我能更有原则。