Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the second week. We are children of the eighth day.

人不是终点，而是起点。现在是第二周的开始。我们是第八天的孩子。

Many children work hard to please their parents, but what I truly longed for was good times that were about us, not about me. That is the real hole the Dodgers filled in my life.

许多孩子努力工作以取悦他们的父母，但我真正渴望的是与我们有关的美好时光，而不是与我有关的。这就是道奇队在我生命中填补的真正的洞。

Many instances exist of small children who seem to remember and describe their previous life in another body, another place, and with other people. These memories emerge usually shortly after these children begin to talk.

许多小孩子似乎记得并描述他们以前在另一个身体、另一个地方和其他人的生活。这些记忆通常出现在孩子们开始说话后不久。

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier; and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions.

许多财产，即使不能使一个人变得更好，至少也能使他的孩子更幸福;这种可怜的希望是许多努力的背后。

Marriages don't last. When I meet a guy, the first question I ask myself is: is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?

婚姻不会持续。当我遇到一个男人，我问自己的第一个问题是:这就是我想让我的孩子和他共度周末的那个男人吗?

Marry your son when you will, your daughter when you can.

想娶儿子就娶儿子，能娶女儿就娶女儿。

Midlife crisis is that moment when you realize your children and your clothes are about the same age.

中年危机就是当你意识到你的孩子和你的衣服差不多大的时候。

Mine are the deep-seated fears established when we are children, and they never quite go away: the fear of being helpless, the fear of being trapped, the fear of being out of control.

我的恐惧是在我们还是孩子的时候就已经形成的根深蒂固的恐惧，它们从未完全消失:对无助的恐惧，对被困住的恐惧，对失控的恐惧。

Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to give children the education they need.

错误地把重点放在文书工作、程序和官僚主义上，使教师感到沮丧，未能给孩子们提供他们需要的教育。

Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel.

大多数孩子表现不好是因为他们有错误的父母形象。这并不意味着他们的父母是罪犯。这意味着他们是无聊和残酷的。

Most of us become parents long before we have stopped being children.

我们大多数人在停止做孩子之前就已经为人父母了。

Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.

母亲和孩子都是人，他们有时会做错事。

My actual childhood, as opposed to my adolescence, was not spent in London.

与我的青春期相比，我真正的童年并不是在伦敦度过的。

My children are all doing just fine. The mountain dogs are great in this weather. The yorkies are freezing.

我的孩子们都很好。这种天气山区的狗很好。约克人冻坏了。

My children are my whole life.

我的孩子就是我的全部。