Think neither fear nor courage saves us. Unnatural vices are fathered by our heroism. Virtues are forced upon us by our impudent crimes. These tears are shaken from the wrath-bearing tree.

  • -- T. S. Eliot T.S.艾略特

想想看,恐惧和勇气都救不了我们。 非自然的恶习是由我们的英雄主义造成的。 美德是由我们无耻的罪行强加给我们的。 这些眼泪是从含着怒气的树上流下来的。

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I think and think and think, I‘ve thought myself out of happiness one million times, but never once into it.

我想了又想,想了又想,我曾想过自己一百万次失去幸福,却一次也没有得到。

My stories are very somber, so I think I need the comic ingredient. Besides, life has so much humor.

我的故事很阴郁,所以我想我需要喜剧元素。此外,生活有这么多的幽默。

What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare?

如果我们充满忧虑,却没有时间去驻足凝视,这又算得了什么呢?

Don't call my lyrics poetry. It's an insult to real poets.

别把我的歌词叫做诗歌。这是对真正诗人的侮辱。