The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

  • -- Calvin Trillin 卡尔文·特里林

我母亲最了不起的一点是,三十年来,她为这个家庭所做的只是残羹剩饭。原来的那顿饭一直没有找到。

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I found, when I left, that there were others who felt the same way. We'd meet, they'd come and seek me out, we'd talk about the future. And I found that their depression and pessimism was every bit as acute as mine.

当我离开时,我发现其他人也有同样的感受。我们会见面,他们会来找我,我们会谈论未来。我发现他们的沮丧和悲观情绪和我一样尖锐。

We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man cannot possibly live for a moment without it.

我们对自己隐瞒是徒劳的——我们必须永远爱一些东西。在那些似乎与爱无关的事情中,那种感觉是可以偷偷地找到的,没有它,人不可能有片刻的生命。

It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy.

这是生活中最令人悲伤的事情之一,尽管我们尽了最大的努力,但我们永远不能肯定能让人们幸福,而我们几乎总是能肯定能让他们不幸福。

By making the best of all things we make the most of ourselves.

通过充分利用一切,我们就能充分利用自己。