A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
饥饿
Hunger
Hunger steals the memory.
饥饿偷走记忆。
Hunger is the best pickle.
饥饿是最好的调味品。
My hunger is always there.
我的饥饿一直在那里。
A hungry clown is half mad.
饥饿的小丑是半疯的。
An empty belly hears nobody.
空肚子听不见。
More die of food than famine.
死于食物的人比死于饥荒的人多。
An empty bag cannot stand upright.
空袋子立不直。
Of soup and love, the first is best.
汤和爱情,前者最好。
A hungry horse maketh a clean manger.
饿马不拉屎。
Hunger finds no fault with moldy corn.
饥饿找不到发霉的玉米的过错。
A dog returns to where he has been fed.
狗回到它被喂食的地方。
A good meal ought to begin with hunger.
一顿美餐应该从饥饿开始。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
If people should ever start to do only what is necessary millions would die of hunger.
如果人们开始只做必要的事情,数百万人将死于饥饿。
A man who wants bread is ready for anything.
想要面包的人什么都可以吃。
The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger for a sustained engagement, that concentration that the book can offer.
对我来说,这部小说是关于持续和有组织的寻找。我确实认为人们渴望一种持续的参与,那种书中所能提供的专注。
It is better to buy dearly than to hunger direly.
与其忍饥挨饿,不如高价买进。
That hunger of the flesh, that longing for ease, that terror of incarceration, that insistence on tribal honour being obeyed: all of that exists, and it exists everywhere.
对肉体的渴望,对安逸的渴望,对监禁的恐惧,对部落荣誉的坚持——所有这些都存在,而且无处不在。