It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

这是生活中最令人悲伤的事情之一,尽管我们尽了最大的努力,但我们永远不能肯定能让人们幸福,而我们几乎总是能肯定能让他们不幸福。

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I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it.

我经常被指责把人类学变成文学,但人类学也是实地研究。写作是它的核心。

We must cultivate, all of us, a certain ignorance, a certain blindness, or society will not be tolerable.

我们所有人都必须培养某种无知,某种盲目,否则社会将无法容忍。

If I win, I'll take my wife and buy her a whole new wardrobe. If she's happy then I'll be happy.

如果我赢了,我将带我的妻子给她买一个全新的衣柜。如果她快乐,我也会快乐。

One thing I can say about George... he may not be able to keep a job, but he's not boring.

关于乔治,我有一件事要说……他可能找不到工作,但他并不无聊。

I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.

我竭尽全力让读者觉得某些情况是对的。

All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women.

我们家所有的男人都蓄着胡子,大多数女人也是。

Making wishes on stars, she's a dreamer and she knows it.

对着星星许愿,她是个梦想家,她知道这一点。

We may not be in Manchester but we will always be united.

我们可能不在曼彻斯特,但我们将永远团结在一起。

In time, things will fall right in place.

假以时日,事情就会水到渠成。

I never said most of the things I said.

我说的大部分话我都没说过。