A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
童年
Childhood
I imagine a child. That child is me. I can reconstruct and vividly remember portions of my own childhood. I can see, taste, smell, feel, and hear them. Then what I do is, not write about that kid or about his world, but start to think of a book that would have pleased him.
我想象一个孩子。那个孩子就是我。我能重建并生动地回忆起我童年的某些部分。我能看见、尝到、闻到、感觉到并听到它们。然后我要做的，不是写那个孩子或他的世界，而是开始想一本他会喜欢的书。
What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.
一个早熟的天才可能被认为是童年时代的天才。当孩子长大了，它会消失得无影无踪。也许有一天这个男孩会成为一个真正的画家，甚至是一个伟大的画家。但到那时，他将不得不重新开始一切，从零开始。
If you want to understand your parents more, get them to talk about their own childhood; and if you listen with compassion, you will learn where their fears and rigid patterns come from. Those people who 'did all that stuff to you' were just as frightened and scared as you are.
如果你想更多地了解你的父母，让他们谈谈自己的童年;如果你带着同情去倾听，你就会知道他们的恐惧和刻板的模式从何而来。那些“对你做了那些事”的人和你一样害怕和害怕。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Becoming a parent erased many of my negative childhood feelings and filled them in with something new.
为人父母消除了我童年时的许多负面情绪，让它们充满了新的东西。
From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few.
从婴儿时期起，我们都是间谍;遗憾的不是这一点，而是有待发现的秘密是如此的微不足道和稀少。
I never had a true childhood.
我从来没有真正的童年。
I'd spent my childhood thinking bad things, bad things every day. It had made me sick, but it had made me determined.
我整个童年都在想一些不好的事情，每天都在想一些不好的事情。这让我感到恶心，但也让我下定决心。
It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
拥有一个快乐的童年永远不会太迟。
The events of childhood do not pass, but repeat themselves like seasons of the year.
童年的事情不会过去，而是像一年中的季节一样不断重复。