What we think of as our sensitivity is only the higher evolution of terror in a poor dumb beast. We suffer for nothing. Our own death wish is our only real tragedy.

我们所认为的我们的敏感性只不过是一个可怜的哑巴野兽的更高层次的恐惧进化。我们白白受苦。我们自己的死亡愿望是我们唯一真正的悲剧。

What will I be doing in twenty years' time? I'll be dead, darling! Are you crazy?

二十年后我会做什么?我会死的，亲爱的!你疯了吗?

Whatever is destroyed, the act of destruction does not vary much. Beauty if vapour from the pit of death.

无论被破坏的是什么，破坏的行为并没有多大变化。美若从死亡的深渊中蒸发。

When I am dead and buried, on my tombstone I would like to have it written, "I have arrived." Because when you feel that you have arrived, you are dead.

当我死后被埋葬，我希望在我的墓碑上写着:“我到了。”因为当你觉得你已经到达时，你已经死了。

When I am dying, I should like my life taken out under general anaesthetic, exactly as if it were a diseased appendix.

当我死的时候，我希望我的生命在全身麻醉下被取出来，就像它是一个有病的阑尾一样。

When I came back from death it was morning, the back door was open and one of the buttons of my shirt had disappeared.

当我从死亡中醒来时，已经是早晨了，后门开着，我衬衫上的一颗扣子不见了。

When a blind man dies, he is praised as having beautiful eyes.

盲人死后，人们称赞他有一双美丽的眼睛。

When death comes it is never our tenderness that we repent from, but our severity.

当死亡来临时，我们忏悔的不是我们的温柔，而是我们的严厉。

When death comes, it will not go away empty.

当死亡来临时，它不会空手而去。

When death has you by the throat, you don't mince words.

当死亡扼住你的喉咙时，你不会含糊其辞。

When it all comes to an end, please let it be the very end.

当一切都结束时，请让它成为最后的结局。

When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task. That was certainly the case with me after Snow Falling on Cedars.

当你要坐下来写下一本书的时候，你会非常害怕自己不能胜任这份工作。雪落在雪松上之后，我的情况确实如此。

When love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death; I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion.

当爱生了病，我们能做的最好的事情就是把它暴死;我不能忍受一种挥之不去的消费激情的折磨。

When my parents died, it became clear to me that there was an end in sight. Death was never a real thing to me. And then when that happened I realized I only have so many years left, if I'm lucky.

当我的父母去世时，我清楚地意识到生命即将结束。死亡对我来说从来都不是真的。然后当那发生的时候，我意识到我只剩下这么多年了，如果我幸运的话。

When other people are grieving, the newspaperman turns efficient.

当别人悲伤时，报人会变得有效率。