Life is intrinsically, well, boring and dangerous at the same time. At any given moment the floor may open up. Of course, it almost never does; that's what makes it so boring.

  • -- Edward Gorey 爱德华·戈里

生活本质上是无聊的,同时也是危险的。地板随时都可能打开。当然,它几乎从不这样做;这就是它如此无聊的原因。

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I don't try to be completely calculating in everything I say and do, but there's no way I'm going to talk. There's no reason to. And that's why I'm such a boring interview, because I don't go for the shock value, or smartass answers.

我不会试图在我说的和做的每件事上都完全算计,但是我没有办法说话。没有理由。这就是为什么我是一个如此无聊的面试,因为我不追求令人震惊的价值,或聪明的答案。

Life isn't so complicated for children. They have more time to think about the really important things. That's why I occasionally moralise in my children's books in a way I wouldn't dare when writing for adults.

对孩子们来说,生活并没有那么复杂。他们有更多的时间去思考真正重要的事情。这就是为什么我偶尔会在我的儿童读物中以一种我在为成人写作时不敢用的方式说教。

Some people are too prideful to go out and reach out to people to help them in that situation because it's just such a dark time.

有些人太骄傲了,不愿意在这种情况下伸出援手,因为这是一个黑暗的时期。

There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.

世界上很少有事情像梦游一样危险。

Dangers bring fears, and fears more dangers bring.

危险带来恐惧,恐惧越多,危险越大。

Not being boring is quite a challenge.

不无聊是一个相当大的挑战。