A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
把好句子,读进生活里。
一句英文,一种视角。慢慢读,总有一句与你共鸣。
You have to die a few times before you can really live.
只有经历几次死亡,你才能真正活下去。
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
对于大多数人来说,他们认定自己有多幸福,就有多幸福。
Life is a shipwreck but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
生命是沉船,但我们不能忘记唱歌的救生艇。
A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt.
一颗高尚的心不会怀疑别人身上从未有过的小气和恶意。
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
一个房子不是一个家,除非它包括食物和火,为精神和身体。
Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.
经验要求人是唯一一种吞噬同类的动物,因为我无法用更温和的词来形容富人对穷人的普遍掠夺。
I would especially like to recourt the Muse of poetry, who ran off with the mailman four years ago, and drops me only a scribbled postcard from time to time.
我特别想引用诗神的话,她四年前和邮递员私奔了,只是偶尔给我寄来一张潦草的明信片。
I tried therapy. This had never appealed to me. For me, it was a bit like a Chinese meal: very filling at the time, but then an hour later you're hungry again.
我试着治疗。这对我从来没有吸引力。对我来说,这有点像中餐:当时很饱,但一个小时后你又饿了。
Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.
色彩是我一整天的执念,快乐和痛苦。
A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.
当夫妻双方通常同时感到有必要争吵时,他们是很合适的一对。
It is the stars, the stars above us, govern our conditions.
是天上的星星控制着我们的处境。
A girls knows her limits but a wise girl knows she has none.
女孩知道自己的极限,但聪明的女孩知道自己没有极限。