The land of literature is a fairy land to those who view it at a distance, but, like all other landscapes, the charm fades on a nearer approach, and the thorns and briars become visible.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

对于那些在远处观看的人来说,文学之乡是一片仙境,但是,就像其他所有的风景一样,走近一点,魅力就会消失,荆棘和荆棘就会显现出来。

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There's a lot to be said for doing what you're not supposed to do, and the rewards of doing what you're supposed to do are more subtle and take longer to become apparent, which maybe makes it less attractive. But your life is the blueprint you make after the building is built.

做你不应该做的事情有很多值得说的,而做你应该做的事情的回报更微妙,需要更长的时间才能变得明显,这可能会降低它的吸引力。但你的人生是你在大楼建成后绘制的蓝图。

The Church is everywhere represented as one. It is one body, one family, one fold, one kingdom. It is one because pervaded by one Spirit. We are all baptized into one Spirit so as to become, says the apostle, on body.

教会在任何地方都被视为一体。这是一个身体,一个家庭,一个折叠,一个王国。它是一个,因为被一个灵魂所渗透。使徒说:“我们都受洗归入一位灵,叫我们在身体上成为一位。”

Of course the illusion of art is to make one believe that great literature is very close to life, but exactly the opposite is true. Life is amorphous, literature is formal.

当然,艺术的错觉是让人相信伟大的文学作品与生活息息相关,但事实恰恰相反。生活是无定形的,文学是形式的。

I never grew up reading or fantasizing about fairy tales. I was always too busy, like, outside being a kid.

我从来没有读过或幻想过童话故事。我一直都很忙,像个孩子一样,在外面。

There is no way to ease the burden. The voyage leads on from harm to harm, A land of others and of silence.

没有办法减轻这种负担。这趟旅程从一个危险的地方驶向另一个危险的地方,一个充满他人和寂静的地方。

We live in a land like no other - a land of freedom and opportunity unparalleled on the face of the globe.

我们生活在一个独一无二的土地上- -一个在世界上享有无与伦比的自由和机会的土地。

My life is a fairy tale. You could not make it up.

我的生活是一个童话。你无法弥补。

Literature is the question minus the answer.

文学就是问题减去答案。