A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
小
Little
I can be a little OCD when it comes to my writing.
说到写作,我可能有点强迫症。
So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.
对父母的要求太多,给予的却太少。
The infinitely little have a pride infinitely great.
无限小的人有无限大的骄傲。
To be able to say how much love, is love but little.
能说多少爱,就是爱得不多。
You give a little love and it all comes back to you.
你付出一点爱,它就会回报给你。
How very little can be done under the spirit of fear.
在恐惧的精神下,我们几乎无能为力。
A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery.
在古代,一点小技巧就能使人倾向于教皇制。
He knows little, who will tell his wife all he knows.
他所知甚少,谁来告诉他的妻子他所知道的一切。
I think I do better when things are a little tougher.
我想当事情变得更困难的时候我会做得更好。
I'm a biographer; I can live with a little hyperbole.
我是一个传记作家;我可以接受有点夸张。
I remember little of the Yukon or what I wrote there.
我几乎不记得育空河,也不记得我在那里写了些什么。
You musn't be afraid to dream a little bigger darling.
你不应该害怕梦想更大一点,亲爱的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Wait. Even miracles take a little time.
等待。即使奇迹也需要一点时间。
When I hear that I realize how quickly time passes and how everybody goes on their journeys and they're always unbelievable and they never go where you think they're going to take you and, quite frankly, it also makes me feel a little old.
当我听到这个消息时,我意识到时间过得真快,每个人都在自己的旅途中,他们总是令人难以置信,他们从不去你认为他们会带你去的地方,坦白地说,这也让我觉得自己有点老了。
If you have a secret, people will sit a little bit closer.
如果你有一个秘密,人们会坐得更近一些。
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.
这种创造性的行为只持续了很短的一段时间,就像闪电一样的给予和接受,这段时间刚好够你把相机调平,把稍纵即逝的猎物困在你的小盒子里。
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。
You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don't believe in little plans. I believe in plans big enough to meet a situation which we can't possibly foresee now.
你总是可以修改一个大计划,但你永远不能扩大一个小计划。我不相信小计划。我相信有足够大的计划来应对我们现在无法预见的情况。