The city is old, out of step with the century, but age only seems to have quickened its elements... Relics from the past continually pierce the present. Some dream of love survives the sandstone apartment houses.

  • -- John Cheever 约翰·契佛

这座城市很古老,与世纪不同步,但岁月似乎只是加快了它的元素……过去的遗迹不断地刺穿现在。有些爱情的梦想在砂岩公寓里依然存在。

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What is a normal childhood? We weren't rich, we were pretty middle-class. My dad survived from job to job; with him taking care of so many relatives, he couldn't save any money.

什么是正常的童年?我们并不富有,我们是相当的中产阶级。我父亲从一份工作活到另一份工作;由于他要照顾这么多亲戚,他一分钱也攒不下来。

Stop worrying about life, no one survived it.

别再担心生活了,没人能活下来。