A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
生活
Life
从日常选择、人与人的相处，到面对变化时的态度，这些句子记录了不同的人对生活的理解。读英文原句，再对照中文，留意那些与你的经历相呼应的表达。
If a person concerns himself with life, he also concerns himself with death.
如果一个人关心他自己的生命，他也关心他自己的死亡。
I make enemies deliberately. They are the sauce piquante to my dish of life.
我故意树敌。它们是我生命之菜的调味汁。
You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.
你付出什么就会得到什么。你投入的东西就是你从中得到的东西。
Love is not enough. Life and marriage is so much more complicated than this.
爱是不够的。生活和婚姻要比这复杂得多。
Show me a person who doesn't have a past and I'll show you a boring bastard.
让我看看一个没有过去的人，我会让你看看一个无聊的混蛋。
True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.
真正的放松，对我有好处的世界，对我来说并不存在。
My family is a part of my life and everything is all a mixture of enjoyment.
我的家庭是我生活的一部分，一切都是一种享受的混合物。
It's better to be alone than to be with someone you're not happy to be with.
与其和一个你不喜欢的人在一起，不如一个人独处。
I’m the only one that can be held accountable for the way my life turns out.
我是唯一一个可以对我的生活负责的人。
It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.
这是一个普遍的说法，在每个人的嘴里，生活只是一个寄居。
I enjoy spending time at home or going out for a quiet meal in a restaurant.
我喜欢呆在家里或者去餐馆吃顿安静的饭。
A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.
小说家有一种特殊的诗性才能，这也适用于他自己的生活。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.
一部小说在一些真实的印象和许多虚假的印象之间取得平衡，而这些印象构成了我们所说的生活的大部分。
It's good to have an end in mind but in the end what counts is how you travel.
心中有个目标是好的，但最终重要的是你如何旅行。
So often we become so focused on the finish line that we fail to enjoy the journey.
我们常常过于专注于终点线，以至于无法享受旅程。
Deciding to commit yourself to long term results rather than short term fixes is as important as any decision you'll make in your lifetime.
决定致力于长期的结果而不是短期的修复，这和你一生中所做的任何决定一样重要。
No matter how qualified or deserving we are, we will never reach a better life until we can imagine it for ourselves and allow ourselves to have it.
无论我们多么有资格或值得拥有，我们永远不会过上更好的生活，除非我们自己能够想象它，并允许自己拥有它。
Hate is... It's too easy. Love. Love takes courage.
恨是……它太容易了。爱。爱需要勇气。