A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
死
Dead
India of the ages is not dead nor has she spoken her last creative word; she lives and has still something to do for herself and the human peoples.
多年来的英迪亚并没有死去，她也没有说出最后一个富有创造性的词;她活着，仍然有一些事情要为她自己和人类做。
Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.
凡活着的，无论是人，是鹿，是松树，都比死了好。
Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you'd drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.
让你的眼睛充满惊奇，活得就像你在十秒钟内死去一样。看世界。这比在工厂里制造或支付的任何梦想都要美妙。
I've seen a dead body, I've seen some pretty gruesome fist fights, I've been a hunter since I was a child, though I don't anymore, I've gutted wild game.
我看到过一具尸体，我看到过一些非常可怕的拳击赛，我从小就是一名猎人，虽然我现在已经不是了，我曾经在野外打猎。
Truth never yet fell dead in the streets; it has such affinity with the soul of man, the seed however broadcast will catch somewhere and produce its hundredfold.
真理从来没有死在街上;它与人类的灵魂有着如此密切的关系，然而播撒的种子却会在某个地方生根发芽，结出百倍的果实。
I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.
我决定把我的一生都奉献给这个故事，因为我觉得我活了下来，我应该感谢死者。不记得的人，又把他们卖了。
Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now that I am without you, all is desolate; all that was once so beautiful is dead.
我在你们那里所听见的，比这更美。我与你们所擘开的，比这更美。我既没有你，一切都是荒凉的。曾经那么美丽的一切都已不复存在。
I used to say that my own father was dead, because he might as well have been. He was in Argentina and didn't play a part in my life. He and my mother divorced when I was only two.
我常说我自己的父亲已经死了，因为他也可能已经死了。他在阿根廷，没有在我的生活中扮演任何角色。我两岁时，他和我母亲离婚了。
An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong.
一个受过教育的人是这样的人:他知道，事实往往是，信息至多是不完整的，而且往往是错误的、误导人的、虚构的、虚假的——完全是错误的。
Hatred strikes me as one of the few signs of life remaining in the world. This is another thing about the world which is upsidedown: all the friendly and likable people seem dead to me; only the haters seem alive.
在我看来，仇恨是这个世界上仅存的几个生命迹象之一。这是另一个颠倒的世界:所有友好可爱的人在我看来都是死人;只有仇恨者似乎还活着。
I'm always asking questions - not to find 'answers,' but to see where the questions lead. Dead ends sometimes? That's fine. New directions? Interesting. Great insights? Over-ambitious. A glimpse here and there? Perfect.
我总是在问问题——不是为了找到“答案”，而是想看看这些问题会引向何方。有时死胡同吗?这很好。新方向?有趣。伟大的见解?有些不自量力。到处看一眼?完美的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I write plays for people who wouldn't be seen dead in the theatre.
我为那些不会死在剧院里的人写剧本。
Critic's delight: scolding the Mighty Dead.
批评家的乐趣:责骂伟大的死者。
Now if you go exactly where your competitors are, you're dead.
现在，如果你和你的竞争对手一样，你就死定了。
Alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse.
赡养费就像给一匹死马买干草。
Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.
即将死去的人不会哀悼死者。
I'd rather be dead than dying.
我宁死也不要死。