She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked, into a strange world. One should never make an offer without knowing full well what will happen if it is accepted.

  • -- David Brin 大卫·布林

她要求偿还父母欠孩子的债,因为孩子未经允许就把她带到一个陌生的世界。一个人永远不应该在完全不知道如果被接受将会发生什么的情况下提出报价。

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I was a dancer from a young age. My parents were dancers; we were taken to a lot of ballet as children. It occurred to me that what I liked more than dancing the steps was acting the story of whatever particular performance I was taking part in.

我从小就是一个舞者。我的父母是舞者;我们小时候经常看芭蕾舞。我突然想到,比起跳这些舞步,我更喜欢的是表演我所参加的任何一场特殊表演的故事。

We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world.

我们喜欢认为父母决定把我们带到这个世界上。