A word is not the same with one writer as with another. One tears it from his guts. The other pulls it out of his overcoat pocket.

  • -- Charles Peguy 查尔斯·佩吉

一个词对一个作家来说和对另一个作家来说是不一样的。有人把它从肚子里扯出来。另一个人从大衣口袋里把它掏了出来。

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In all big cities the style of life is the same. Same endless array of restaurants; same big museums with the usual suspects; same anonymity, which can be thrilling when you're young but which I found got tiresome.

所有大城市的生活方式都是一样的。同样一望无际的餐厅;同样的大型博物馆,通常的嫌疑人;同样的匿名,当你年轻的时候,这可能是令人兴奋的,但我发现它变得令人厌倦。

I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.

我真的想领养一个孩子……我想被称为“妈妈”。“它真的是英语中最美的单词。

Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.

夫人,所有的故事,如果继续讲下去,最后都会以死亡而告终,而他并不是一个不让您知道这件事的讲真话的人。

I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.

我习惯了睡觉,也习惯了在梦中想象疯子醒来时所想象的事情。

I remember every word you told me. I can't stop thinking about it.

我记得你告诉我的每一个字。我一直在想这件事。

Your mind is an automobile and words are your wheels.

你的思想是一辆汽车,言语是你的轮子。