I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during his early adult life. Darkness would make him appreciate sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.

  • -- Helen Keller 海伦·凯勒

我一直认为,如果每个人在成年初期都能失明或失聪几天,那将是一件幸事。黑暗会使他珍惜光明;寂静会教会他声音的乐趣。

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Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown up children - and creatures so relatively selfish and cruel as children necessarily are without knowing it or meaning it, cannot be called natural

成年人之间的感情——如果他们在思想上是真正的成年人,而不仅仅是已经长大成人的孩子——和孩子们之间的感情是如此自私和残忍,孩子们必然不知道或没有意识到这一点,那么这种感情就不能被称为自然的

Come to me in the silence of the night; Come in the speaking silence of a dream; Come with soft rounded cheeks and eyes as bright As sunlight on a stream; Come back in tears, O memory, hope, love of finished years.

在寂静的夜里到我这里来;来吧,在梦的沉默中;来吧,温柔圆润的脸颊和明亮如阳光的眼睛;带着眼泪回来吧,哦,回忆,希望,爱的岁月已经结束。

Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.

成年期是童年和老年之间不断缩小的时期。现代工业社会的明显目标是把这段时期减少到最低限度。

The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

正确的词语可能是有效的,但没有一个词语比恰当的停顿更有效。