There are heroes, and there are the rest of us. There comes a time when you just let go the ghost of the better person you might have been.

  • -- John Burnham Schwartz 约翰·伯纳姆·施瓦兹

有英雄,也有我们其他人。总有一天,你会放弃原本可以成为更好的自己。

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Similarly, many a young man, hearing for the first time of the refraction of stellar light, has thought that doubt was cast on the whole of astronomy, whereas nothing is required but an easily effected and unimportant correction to put everything right again.

同样地,许多年轻人第一次听到恒星光的折射,就认为天文学的整个领域都受到了怀疑,而要使一切恢复正常,除了一种容易实现的、不重要的纠正外,什么也不需要。

I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.

我觉得我长大了一点。我变得更自信了,我读了更多的书,我有更多的时间留给自己。我进行这次写作之旅,是为了收集关于我在这个世界上的位置和我是谁,以及为什么我们都在这里的想法。

Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.

对那些把人看成一体的老小说家来说,事情要容易得多。总的来说,他们的英雄是彻头彻尾的好人,他们的坏人则是彻头彻尾的坏人。

Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that's the sign of maturity.

演戏是神经质冲动的表现。这是流浪汉的生活。放弃演戏,那是成熟的标志。