And in the afternoon they entered a land - but such a land! A land hung in mourning, darkened by gigantic cypresses, submerged; a land of reptiles, silence, shadow, decay.

  • -- George Washington Cable 乔治·华盛顿·凯布林

到了下午,他们进入了一片土地——但是这片土地!一片笼罩在哀悼之中的土地,被巨大的柏树遮蔽,淹没了;爬行动物的土地,寂静,阴影,腐朽。

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All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of satire.

一切讽刺都无视于腐朽解放出来的力量。这就是为什么完全的腐朽吸收了讽刺的力量。

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.

沉默是朋友间真正的对话。重要的不是说,而是永远不需要说。

I get inhabited by a character and then you mourn it. There's a period of mourning for me, definitely.

我被一个角色吸引住了,然后你为之哀悼。我肯定会有一段哀悼的时间。

There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in them.

阴影之所以存在,是因为你对隐藏在阴影里的东西有自己的判断。

Silence is not always tact, and it is tact that is golden - not silence.

沉默并不总是机智,机智才是金——而不是沉默。

Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.

中年是无邪的青春,老年是无朽的老年。

To light a candle is to cast a shadow.

点燃蜡烛就是投下阴影。