I don't mind if the couple next to me is tense or the kids are whiny. I'd even be happy to hear an honest argument, evidence of thinking. I'd like to know these teeth-perfect families don't just buy each other stuff but just occasionally can talk to one another.

  • -- Margaret Heffernan 玛格丽特·赫弗南

我不介意我旁边的夫妇很紧张,或者孩子们很爱发牢骚。我甚至很高兴听到一个诚实的论点,思考的证据。我想知道的是,这些牙齿完美的家庭不只是互相买东西,只是偶尔可以互相交谈。

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The secret story is the one we'll never know, although we're living it from day to day, thinking we're alive, thinking we've got it all under control and the stuff we overlook doesn't matter.

这个秘密是一个我们永远不会知道的故事,尽管我们日复一日地生活在其中,认为我们还活着,认为我们已经控制了一切,而我们忽略的东西并不重要。

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.

这个世界认为自己被优越的品德所冒犯,乐于把它降低到自己的水平。

Nothing is improbable until it moves into past tense.

没有什么是不可能的,除非它变成过去式。