Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and cruelty are great preoccupations in our time.

  • -- Renata Adler 雷纳塔·阿德勒

懒惰的人往往是无聊的,无聊的人,除非他们睡得多,是残酷的。在我们这个时代,无聊和残酷是人们最关心的事情,这并非偶然。

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People spend time worrying about things they think they have to have and lose perception of what they do have. You can have all the money and material things you want. If you aren't here to enjoy them, what good do they do?

人们把时间花在担心他们认为必须拥有的东西上,而对他们所拥有的东西失去了知觉。你可以拥有所有你想要的金钱和物质。如果你不在这里享受它们,它们有什么用?

People are always saying that I must have been the class clown, with all these voices. No, I was way too shy to be the class clown; I was a class clown's writer.

人们总是说我一定是班上的小丑,有那么多的声音。不,我太害羞了,不适合做班上的小丑;我是班上的小丑作家。

Unless you paddle for the wave, you'll never know if you could catch it. But once you do... Ride it as long as you can. Love as long as you can.

除非你向波浪划去,否则你永远不知道你是否能抓住它。但一旦你这么做了…你能骑多久就骑多久。爱得越久越好。

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

无聊是……这对道德家来说是一个至关重要的问题,因为人类一半的罪恶都是由对罪恶的恐惧造成的。

You actually don't want people thinking your product is cool, because then you're a fad.

事实上,你不希望人们认为你的产品很酷,因为那样的话,你就是一种时尚。

I like animals because they are not consciously cruel and don't betray each other.

我喜欢动物,因为它们不自觉地残忍,不会背叛彼此。

The world of modeling can be hard; just as cruel as it is glamorous.

模特的世界可能很难;就像它的魅力一样残酷。

Often, when I want to consult my impulses, I cannot find them.

当我想克制自己的冲动时,往往找不到。

So I haven't thought about the critics for a long time.

所以我很长一段时间没有考虑到评论家。

Unless what we do is useful, glory is vain.

除非我们所做的是有用的,否则荣誉是徒劳的。

The simplest things are often the truest.

最简单的事情往往是最真实的。

Dullness is a misdemeanour.

迟钝是一种轻罪。