If this was adulthood, the only improvement she could detect in her situation was that now she could eat dessert without eating her vegetables.

  • -- Lisa Alther 丽萨·阿瑟

如果这是成年期,她能发现的唯一改善是,现在她可以吃甜点而不吃蔬菜了。

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I have always thought it would be a blessing if each person could be blind and deaf for a few days during his early adult life. Darkness would make him appreciate sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.

我一直认为,如果每个人在成年初期都能失明或失聪几天,那将是一件幸事。黑暗会使他珍惜光明;寂静会教会他声音的乐趣。

It changed me more than anything else. You don't want to get to that place where you're the adult and you're palpably in the next generation. And, this shoved me into that.

它最能改变我。你不会想要达到那种你已经是成年人,而且明显是在下一代的状态。这让我陷入了困境。

Any ordeal that you can survive as a human being is an improvement in your character, and usually an improvement in your life.

作为一个人,你能生存下来的任何磨难都是你性格上的进步,通常也是生活上的进步。

We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

我们通过战胜自己来提高自己。必须有竞争,我们必须赢。