Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.

  • -- Gustave Flaubert 福楼拜

语言是一只裂开的水壶,我们在上面敲出曲调,让熊跟着跳舞,而我们却时时刻刻想让星星怜悯。

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Now, I'm so relaxed that I have to make myself nervous. I feel better when I'm second and third guessing myself over everything. I play with the mice in my head, all the time.

现在,我很放松,我不得不让自己紧张。当我在每件事上都在猜测自己的时候,我感觉好多了。我一直在玩我脑袋里的老鼠。

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.

我必须再次回到大海,回到寂寞的大海和天空;我所要求的只是一艘大船和一颗指引它驶过的星星。

Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.

在我们所有的大众传播发明中,图片仍然是最普遍理解的语言。

If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.

如果有时间反思,放慢速度可能是个好主意。

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden.

语言是思想之母,而不是思想的使女。

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her.

大自然从来没有背叛过她那颗爱她的心。