A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?

  • -- Khalil Gibran 纪伯伦

远方的朋友有时比身边的朋友更亲密。这山岂不是比住在山上的人,更使人敬畏,看得更清楚吗?

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Your good friend has just taken a piece of cake out of the garbage and eaten it. You will probably need this information when you check me into the Betty Crocker Clinic.

你的好朋友刚刚从垃圾里拿了一块蛋糕吃了。你帮我去贝蒂克罗克诊所时,可能会需要这些信息。

And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let the ego shine, in order to let that beacon penetrate not only the local scene but the world.

这是一个我们愿意走多远的问题,为了让自我发光,为了让这个灯塔不仅穿透当地的场景,而且穿透整个世界。

In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.

当一个人否认什么是存在的时候,他就被那些不存在的东西所占有,那些强迫、幻想和恐惧涌向空虚。

There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.

有些人提高了他们所处的年龄,直到所有的人在那一生中都走在更高的地方。

It's unfortunate that sometimes in schools, there's this need to have things quantified and graded.

不幸的是,在学校里,有时需要量化和分级。

Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?

当上国王,在波斯波利斯凯旋而过,难道不勇敢吗?

We keep passing unseen through little moments of other people's lives.

我们总是看不见别人的生活中的点点滴滴。

The longer you wait to handle something, the harder it gets.

你等的时间越长,事情就越难处理。

If I can't love you as a lover, I will love you as a friend.

如果我不能像爱人一样爱你,我会像朋友一样爱你。