We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.

  • -- Tennessee Williams 田纳西威廉斯

我们都住在着火的房子里,没有消防队可以呼叫;没有办法出去,只能从楼上的窗户往外看,而大火烧毁了房子,我们被困在里面,被锁在里面。

相关名言

If I see a spider in the flat, I try to get a cup and a piece of paper and throw it out of the window. I can't kill them because they're good for catching flies.

如果我在公寓里看到一只蜘蛛,我就会拿个杯子和一张纸把它扔到窗外。我不能杀他们,因为他们很擅长抓苍蝇。

I am very sad for men and women trapped in any relationship where there is cruelty, dominance, inequity. I long for the liberation of all people.

我为那些被困在残酷、支配、不平等关系中的男人和女人感到难过。我渴望全体人民的解放。

The body is a house of many windows: there we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.

身体是一间有许多窗户的房子:我们都坐在那里,向过路人展示自己,哭喊着要他们来爱我们。

We spend billions of pounds on welfare, yet millions are trapped on welfare. It's not worth their while going into work.

我们在福利上花费了数十亿英镑,但仍有数百万人受困于福利。他们去工作是不值得的。