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死亡
Dying
Dying well is easy,it only takes a moment of courage. It’s living well that I couldn’t do. What’s death compared to that.
死得好容易，只需要片刻的勇气。我不能过得很好。与之相比，死亡是什么?
Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a scandal.
燕子已经消失了，蜜蜂正在灭绝，因为杀虫剂早就应该被禁止——这是一个丑闻。
Until I realized that rock music was my connection to the rest of the human race, I felt like I was dying, for some reason, and I didn't know why.
直到我意识到摇滚音乐是我与人类其他部分的联系，我才感到自己不知为何要死了。
We weren't afraid to mix some crazy styles into the standard rockabilly look. We also took a lot of different musical influences that were part of that era.
我们不害怕把一些疯狂的风格融入到标准的摇滚风格中。我们也接受了很多不同的音乐影响，那是那个时代的一部分。
The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodied spirit sees death on the horizon as soon as its day dawns.
无实体的灵魂是不朽的;没有任何东西会变老或死亡。但是身体的灵魂看到死亡就在地平线上，就在黎明时分。
The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis.
应对衰老的方法是让自己的大脑忙碌起来，继续过着永无止境的生活。我一直很钦佩契诃夫，因为他在死于肺结核的时候盖了一栋新房子。
I guess this is gonna sound kind of weird, but I'm not scared for myself for dying. Because I believe all these places are temporary. This is just one shell. Because we Hawaiians live in both worlds.
我想这听起来有点奇怪，但我不担心自己会死。因为我相信所有这些地方都是暂时的。这只是一个壳层。因为我们夏威夷人生活在两个世界。
Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is neither frightening nor painful, but a peaceful cessation of the functioning of the body.
那些有力量和爱与垂死的病人坐在一起，在超越语言的寂静中，他们将知道，这一刻既不可怕也不痛苦，而是身体功能的和平停止。
One has to accept pain as a condition of existence. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing. One needs a will stubborn in conflict, but apt always to the total acceptance of every consequence of living and dying.
一个人必须接受痛苦是生存的条件。一个人必须追求怀疑和黑暗作为了解的代价。一个人需要在冲突中固执的意志，但总是倾向于完全接受生与死的每一个后果。
I say to people who care for people who are dying, if you really love that person and want to help them, be with them when their end comes close. Sit with them - you don't even have to talk. You don't have to do anything but really be there with them.
我对那些关心濒死之人的人说，如果你真的爱那个人，想要帮助他们，在他们生命垂危的时候和他们在一起。和他们坐在一起——你甚至不需要说话。你不需要做任何事情，只要和他们在一起。
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We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness.
我们都在一起，却都因孤独而死。
You cannot draw white cloth from a dying vat.
你不能从快死的缸里抽出白布。
This is a story about a man named Eddie and it begins at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun.
这是一个关于一个叫埃迪的人的故事，故事的结尾，埃迪死在阳光下。
Alas, I am dying beyond my means.
唉，我正在入不敷出地死去。
Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
歌剧是一个人被背后捅了一刀，他没有死，而是唱歌。
He mourns the dead who lives as they desire.
他哀悼那些按自己意愿生活的死者。