It's like breathing in and out to me. It's like having a conversation with someone who isn't there. Because it has to be addressed to somebody - not a particular person, or very rarely.

  • -- Norman MacCaig 麦凯格

对我来说就像呼吸一样。这就像和一个不在场的人交谈一样。因为它必须是写给某个人的——不是某个特定的人,或者很少。

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Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.

理想的谈话必须是思想的交流,而不是像许多最担心自己缺点的人所认为的那样,是机智或雄辩的表现。

The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.

为了观点而压迫任何一个人,除了加深这些观点并使它们变得更重要之外,很少有其他效果。

Logic and fact keep interfering with the easy flow of conversation.

逻辑和事实不断干扰着轻松的谈话。

Rarely has reality needed so much to be imagined.

现实很少需要如此多的想象。