It is a happy thing that there is no royal road to poetry. The world should know by this time that one cannot reach Parnassus except by flying thither.

  • -- Gerard Manley Hopkins 杰拉德·曼利·霍普金斯

诗歌没有捷径可走,这是一件令人高兴的事。现在世人应该知道,除非飞到帕纳索斯,否则是到不了帕纳索斯的。

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A person of bourgeois origin goes through life with some expectation of getting what he wants, within reasonable limits. Hence the fact that in times of stress ‘educated’ people tend to come to the front.

资产阶级出身的人,一生都带着某种期望,在合理的限度内得到他想要的东西。因此,在压力大的时候,“受过教育”的人往往会走到最前面。

Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your hand.

诗歌扩展了人的感官,使之处于最佳状态。它让你意识到你的鼻子,你的眼睛,你的耳朵,你的舌头,你的手。

You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air.

你不能预测一个节目,这是最糟糕的事情,你不能预测一个节目在播出之前是否会成功。

One thing you can't do with babies, you can't give them steak.

有一件事你不能对婴儿做,你不能给他们牛排。

It's a great time to be an actress at this point in my life.

在我人生的这个阶段,这是一个做演员的好时机。

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

诗歌是关于悲伤的。政治是关于不满的。