I never understood the concept of a fluffy summer read. For me, summer reading means beaches, long train rides and layovers in foreign airports. All of which call for escaping into really long books.

  • -- Maria Semple 玛丽亚·塞姆普

我从来没有理解过“毛绒绒的夏日读物”的概念。对我来说,夏季阅读意味着海滩、长途火车旅行和在外国机场的转机。所有这些都需要逃到真正的长书。

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For me, the summer will be pure gray - mother-of-pearl gray, very pale gray. To me, this is the big statement for summer. Then we have light blue, light turquoise, lots of pink.

对我来说,夏天将是纯灰色的——珍珠母灰色,非常淡灰色。对我来说,这是夏天的重要宣言。然后是浅蓝色,浅绿松石色,很多粉色。

Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escaping you.

这难道不是真正的浪漫吗?不是渴望逃避生活,而是阻止生活逃避你。

I was a slightly melancholy child and I think films were a way of escaping for me.

我是一个有点忧郁的孩子,我认为电影是我逃避的一种方式。