I simply haven't the nerve to imagine a being, a force, a cause which keeps the planets revolving in their orbits and then suddenly stops in order to give me a bicycle with three speeds.

  • -- Quentin Crisp 昆汀·奎斯普

我只是没有勇气去想象一个存在,一个力,一个使行星在轨道上旋转的原因,然后为了给我一辆三速自行车而突然停止。

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I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but it's enough to get revolving credit, to get starting away again, the buying of new machinery.

我的意思是,菲亚特拥有的不是很大,大约四千万到五千万美元,但这足以获得循环贷款,重新开始,购买新机器。

A few years ago, I bought an old red bicycle with the words Free Spirit written across its side - which is exactly what I felt like when I rode it down the street in a tie-dyed dress.

几年前,我买了一辆红色的旧自行车,车的侧面写着“自由精神”,这正是我穿着扎染衣服沿着街道骑着它时的感觉。

Perhaps I seek certain utopian things, space for human honour and respect, landscapes not yet offended, planets that do not exist yet, dreamed landscapes.

也许我在寻找一些乌托邦式的东西,人类荣誉和尊重的空间,尚未被冒犯的风景,尚不存在的星球,梦想中的风景。

Each of us is a tiny being, permitted to ride on the outermost skin of one of the smaller planets for a few dozen trips around the local star.

我们每个人都是一个微小的生命,被允许骑在一颗较小行星的最外层,绕着当地的恒星进行几十次旅行。

Being a member of the labor force and a full-time parent means trying to manage against overwhelming odds in an unresponsive society.

作为劳动力的一员和全职父母,意味着在一个反应迟钝的社会里,要努力克服压倒性的优势。

What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.

用武力夺取的东西,只能用武力恢复。