A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Relationships
Love is the castle, doubt is the moat, desire is the paddle and hope is the boat.
爱是城堡，怀疑是护城河，欲望是桨，希望是船。
Choosing to love, in spite of all its complexities, is the only freedom there is.
选择爱，尽管它很复杂，是唯一的自由。
You wouldn't believe that so much could change just because a relationship ended.
你不会相信仅仅因为一段关系的结束就会有那么多的改变。
People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.
家庭关系好的人在市场上更有效率。
I treat my relationships like marriages. The ceremony isn't that important to me.
我对待感情就像对待婚姻一样。仪式对我来说没那么重要。
Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.
书是女性伴侣的可怜替代品，但它们更容易找到。
You do not get what you wish for, unless it be known to the source of your desire.
你得不到你想要的东西，除非你的欲望之源知道它。
Pull a thread in my story and feel the tremor half a world and two millennia away.
拨开我故事中的一根线，你就能感受到远在半个地球和两千年之外的地震。
Being married, I would say most relationships are pretty codependent in some ways.
结婚后，我想说的是，大多数关系在某些方面都是相互依赖的。
Love grows from stable relationships, shared experience, loyalty, devotion, trust.
爱来自稳定的关系、共同的经历、忠诚、奉献和信任。
Nobody is so busy that they can't make time for the people they really care about.
没有人会因为太忙而没有时间陪真正在乎的人。
Two things we want so desperately, glory and relationship, can coexist only in God.
我们如此渴望的两样东西，荣耀和关系，只能在神里面共存。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A break up is the closest thing to bereavement.
分手是离丧亲之痛最近的事。
It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.
在人际关系和所有任务中，我们似乎必须只专注于最重要的事情。
It’s easier to hide your smoking habit on a foggy day. Let that be a lesson for you and your secret lover.
在有雾的日子里隐藏你的吸烟习惯更容易。让这成为你和你的秘密情人的一个教训。
A person of definite character and purpose who comprehends our way of thought is sure to exert power over us. He cannot altogether be resisted; because, if he understands us, he can make us understand him, through the word, the look, or other symbol.
一个有明确性格和目标的人，他理解我们的思维方式，一定会对我们施加力量。不能完全抗拒他;因为，如果他了解我们，他可以让我们了解他，通过文字、表情或其他符号。
Men and women play the same game but with different rules.
男人和女人玩同样的游戏，但规则不同。
It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones who get away that you can't forget.
有趣的是你从来没有想过你的女人。你永远不会忘记那些离开你的人。