A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
花
Flowers
Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.
小事情看似无关紧要，却能带来宁静，就像那些草甸上的花朵，它们各自似乎没有味道，但聚在一起却能给空气带来芬芳。
I am going to try to pay attention to the spring. I am going to look around at all the flowers, and look up at the hectic trees. I am going to close my eyes and listen.
我要试着注意春天。我要看看周围所有的花，抬头看看忙碌的树木。我要闭上眼睛听。
I have made bouquets of pleats, bouquets of flowers, bouquets of ruffles, bouquets of feathers. Often I design in mousseline, held tightly around the waist, and with something else going on all around.
我做了许多花束，有打褶的花束，有折边的花束，有羽毛的花束。我经常用摩丝林来设计，把它紧紧地绑在腰上，周围还有一些其他的东西。
You want to give me chocolate and flowers? That would be great. I love them both. I just don't want them out of guilt, and I don't want them if you're not going to give them to all the people who helped mother our children.
你想给我巧克力和鲜花吗?那太好了。我爱他们两个。我只是不想让他们出于内疚，如果你不把他们送给所有帮助我们做母亲的人，我也不想要他们。
I was taught to confront things you can't avoid. Death is one of those things. To live in a society where you're trying not to look at it is stupid because looking at death throws us back into life with more vigour and energy. The fact that flowers don't last for ever makes them beautiful.
我被教导要面对你无法避免的事情。死亡就是其中之一。生活在一个你试图不去看死亡的社会是愚蠢的，因为看着死亡会让我们更有活力和精力地回到生活中。花不会永远开下去，这使它们变得美丽。
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I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself.
我摆弄着鲜花和灯光，这是一个很好的自学方法。
What ye have been ye still shall be, When we are dust the dust among, O yellow flowers!
当我们是尘土的时候，你们曾经是什么样子，将来也还是什么样子。啊，黄花呀，落在尘土里吧!
I paint flowers so they will not die.
我画花，这样它们就不会死。
One marked feature of the people, both high and low, is a love for flowers.
无论贵贱，人们的一个显著特征就是爱花。
I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move.
我讨厌花——我画它们是因为它们比模型便宜，而且它们不会动。