When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.

  • -- James Earl Jones 詹姆斯·厄尔·琼斯

当我阅读伟大的文学作品、伟大的戏剧、演讲或布道时,我觉得人类的心灵除了通过语言来分享情感和思想外,没有取得任何更大的成就。

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Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his tradition never saw it, in characters on the pages. It was all on the tongue and in the ear.

荷马的全部语言,他所生活的语言,他所呼吸的语言,因为他从来没有见过,或者那些形成他传统的人从来没有见过,写在书页上的文字。一切都在口头上,都在耳中。

Sendentary people are apt to have sluggish minds. A sluggish mind is apt to be reflected in flabbiness of body and in a dullness of expression that invites no interest and gets none.

传信者容易头脑迟钝。迟钝的头脑很容易反映在身体的软弱无力上,反映在没有兴趣也得不到任何兴趣的迟钝的表达上。

Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.

无论是财富、爱情还是语言,你所付出的一切都不会错,只要有良好的消化能力,一切都能转化为健康。

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly -- they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.

语言就像x光一样,如果你正确地使用它们——它们可以穿透任何东西。你一看书就被扎了。

A short story is a different thing all together - a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger.

短篇小说完全是另一回事——短篇小说就像陌生人在黑暗中亲吻。

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.

有些人天生有音乐天赋,有些人长得很漂亮。就我自己而言,我很谦虚。

Parents have the ability to screen their children's Internet access at home.

父母有能力在家里屏蔽孩子的互联网接入。

I try to keep an open mind but I'm so tired of the mediocrity.

我试着保持开放的心态,但我厌倦了平庸。

I am the enfant terrible of literature and science.

我是一个文理双全的顽童。

Literature is the immortality of speech.

文学是不朽的语言。