A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
悲伤
Grief
There isn't a single human being who hasn't plenty to cry over, and the trick is to make the laughs outweigh the tears.
没有一个人没有足够的东西可以哭泣,而诀窍就是让欢笑多于泪水。
That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others.
使人们对自己的境况感到不满的,是他们对他人幸福的幻想。
I sometimes truly despair at ever being meaningfully altered and affected by the things I claim are so important to me.
有时候,我真的对那些我认为对我很重要的事情所带来的有意义的改变和影响感到绝望。
When I come to tell the story of my life, there will be a line, creased and blurred and soft with age, where she stops.
当我来讲述我的人生故事时,会有一条线,随着年龄的增长而变得皱巴巴、模糊而柔和,在那里她止步了。
Regret is her companion and the one who whispers to her often. She has even let hope die and that brings about despair.
后悔是她的伴侣,是那个经常对她耳语的人。她甚至让希望破灭,这带来了绝望。
I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out.
我服用了各种抗抑郁药物,但时间不长——我对它们的作用不是很好。我觉得有点累了。
I'm ultimately a widow and a single mother, who's not even getting to be a mother right now. I am so alone, it's freaky.
我最终成为了一个寡妇和单身母亲,而她现在甚至还不能成为一个母亲。我太孤单了,太可怕了。
The utter helplessness of a conquered people is perhaps the most tragic feature of a civil war or any other sort of war.
一个被征服的民族的彻底无助,也许是内战或任何其他战争中最悲惨的特征。
Having a baby takes so much from you. It's the most glorious thing you'll ever do, but the aftermath is not so glorious!
生孩子会让你付出很多。这是你做过的最光荣的事情,但后果却不那么光荣!
Way down upon the Swanee River, Far, far away, There’s where my heart is turning ever; There’s where the old folks stay.
在斯旺尼河的下游,很远很远的地方,我的心永远在那里转;老人住在那里。
Every time you lose an animal, it's like losing a brick from the house. Pretty soon the house just falls down, you know?
每次你失去一只动物,就像从房子里丢了一块砖头。很快房子就塌了,你知道吗?
War has three handmaidens ever waiting on her, Fire, Blood, and Famine, and I have chosen the meekest maid of the three.
有三个侍女侍候着她:火、血和饥荒。我在这三个侍女中挑选了一个最温柔的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Loving can cost a lot but not loving always costs more, and those who fear to love often find that want of love is an emptiness that robs the joy from life.
爱会付出很多,但不爱的代价往往更高,那些害怕爱的人往往发现,缺少爱是一种空虚,会夺走生活的乐趣。
Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
自从幸福听到你的名字,它就一直在街上跑着寻找你。
Behind every beautiful thing there's some kind of pain.
每一件美好事物的背后都有某种痛苦。
The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.
最糟糕的孤独是没有真正的友谊。
When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.
当别人让你受苦时,那是因为他内心深处在受苦,他的痛苦正在蔓延。他不需要惩罚;他需要帮助。这就是他要传达的信息。
Do not be afraid that joy will make the pain worse; it is needed like the air we breathe.
不要害怕快乐会使痛苦加剧;它就像我们呼吸的空气一样是需要的。