A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
分手
Break Up
I've spent the last year and a half going through a very public separation, hiding in hotel lobbies.
在过去的一年半里,我躲在酒店大堂里,经历了一次非常公开的分居。
It's you who has to hold on to earth. You have to tighten your grip -- which means letting go of him.
只有你才能紧紧抓住地球。你必须握紧你的手,这意味着放开他。
Best to leave quietly, and no reunions. Move on, and look to the future. Plenty more faces out there.
最好静静地离开,不要再团聚。向前看,展望未来。外面还有很多人。
Farewell! Be the proud bride of a ducal coronet, and forget me!... Unalterably, never yours, Augustus.
告别!做一个公爵王冠的骄傲新娘,忘掉我吧!永远不会是你的,奥古斯都。
The only work I did for the next five years after splitting from Vincent was work I'd already lined up.
在和文森特分手后的五年里,我唯一做的工作就是已经排好队的工作。
She would go to Memphis and this was after our divorce. And I would send her to Memphis to be with him.
她要去孟菲斯,那是在我们离婚后。我会把她送到孟菲斯和他在一起。
I didn't even remember it because it kind of came up, and then a week later it said I broke up with him.
我甚至都不记得了,因为我想起来了,一周后,我和他分手了。
I know that I can't take no more, It ain't no lie. I wanna see you out that door. Baby, bye, bye, bye...
我知道我不能再忍受了,这不是谎言。我想看到你走出那扇门。宝贝,再见,再见,再见…
If a relationship is over, just remember it was bound to happen, keep movin! There's no perfect endings!
如果一段关系结束了,记住这是注定要发生的,继续前进!没有完美的结局!
Divorce isn't just the person, it's everything that goes with it - your kids, the adjustment, everything.
离婚不仅仅是一个人的问题,它还伴随着你的孩子,你的适应,所有的一切。
Things between us were dissolving like an ice cub in a glass: the smaller it got, the faster it disappeared.
我们之间的东西就像玻璃杯里的小冰块一样融化着:它越小,消失得越快。
Sometimes when you're with somebody, and all their stuff is at your house, it's so hard to break up with them.
有时候当你和一个人在一起,他们的东西都在你家里,你很难和他们分手。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn't want him to.
我和男朋友分手了。他想结婚,而我不想让他结婚。
I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was about me separating from my wife. It's a weird thing to listen to a news report about the break-up of your marriage.
我记得有天晚上开车回家时,他们正在收音机上看报纸。其中一篇文章是关于我和妻子分居的。听有关婚姻破裂的新闻报道是一件很奇怪的事情。
One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing.
打破紧张的一个方法就是深呼吸。
I stand still for a long time, holding the note, and let it all sink in. Her leaving is almost palpable like a gale-force wind that’s rolled into my life in the span of a single evening and left behind all this incalculable destruction, both inside and out.
我一动不动地站了很长一段时间,手里拿着那张纸条,让它沉了下去。她的离去就像一股狂风,在短短一个晚上就卷进了我的生活,从里到外都留下了无法估量的破坏。
Sobering up was responsible for breaking up my marriage. That's what it couldn't stand.
清醒是我婚姻破裂的原因。这就是它所不能忍受的。
It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.
当你意识到你对一个曾经在你床上占据如此重要位置的人说的话是多么少时,你会感到不安。