A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
小
Little
How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But remembering is only a new form of suffering.
除了对他的记忆,我曾经是一个多么渺小的人啊!但记忆只是一种新的痛苦形式。
The sweetest things you can do for a girl are little things that let her know she's in your heart and on your mind.
你能为一个女孩做的最甜蜜的事,就是让她知道她在你心里,在你心里。
Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite them, and little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.
大跳蚤背上有小跳蚤来咬它们,小跳蚤身上的跳蚤也更小,如此无穷无尽。
Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come, nor care beyond today.
唉,不管他们的命运如何,这些小受害者还是在玩耍!他们不知道将来会有什么灾难,也不关心今天以后会发生什么。
Young writers find their first audience in little magazines, and experimental writers find their only audience there.
年轻作家在小杂志上找到了他们的第一批读者,而实验作家在那里找到了他们唯一的读者。
I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there.
我不想成为囚禁中年龄最大的演员……我不想看起来像个跳舞的小老头。
In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.
在所有优秀的西部片中,好人总是有点可疑,因为他必须做出道德判断。
College had little effect on me. I'd have been the same writer if I'd gone to MIT, except I'd have flunked out sooner.
大学对我没有什么影响。如果我去了麻省理工学院,我也会成为同样的作家,只不过我会更早不及格。
The trouble with women umpires is that I couldn't argue with one. I'd put my arms around her and give her a little kiss.
女裁判的问题是我无法与她们争辩。我会搂着她,给她一个小小的吻。
We've begun to long for the pitter-patter of little feet - so we bought a dog. Well, it's cheaper, and you get more feet.
我们开始渴望小脚的啪嗒啪嗒声,所以我们买了一只狗。嗯,它更便宜,而且你有更多的脚。
No matter how many times i break down, there is always a little piece of me that says no, you're not done yet get back up!
不管我崩溃了多少次,我的内心深处总有那么一小块说不,你还没有完全从伤痛中走出来!
You know, I put my little brother in the movies and he's still in the pictures. My mother makes me put him in the pictures.
你知道,我把我弟弟放进了电影里,他现在还在照片里。我妈妈让我把他放进照片里。
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All the world old is queer save thee and me, and even thou art a little queer.
除了你和我,整个世界都是古怪的,连你也有点古怪。
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, and the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.
他那滑稽的小嘴像弓一样翘着,下巴上的胡子像雪一样白。
But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor.
但是,由于许多人努力获取知识而不是生活得很好,他们经常受到欺骗,从他们的劳动中收获很少或没有好处。
We think too much, and feel too little.
我们想得太多,感觉太少。
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.
一个作家对小说艺术或工艺的了解,只会使他对写作的需要或欲望减少一点点。最后他知道了所有的诀窍,却无话可说。
We all come from our own little planets. That's why we're all different. That's what makes life interesting.
我们都来自我们自己的小星球。这就是为什么我们都是不同的。这就是生活有趣的地方。