It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.

  • -- Gertrude Stein 格特鲁德·斯坦

沉湎于希望的幻想是很自然的。我们倾向于对那个海妖闭上眼睛,直到她引诱我们走向死亡。

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For those who have seen the Earth from space, and for the hundreds and perhaps thousands more who will, the experience most certainly changes your perspective. The things that we share in our world are far more valuable than those which divide us.

对于那些从太空看到地球的人,以及成百上千的人来说,这次经历无疑会改变你的视角。我们在这个世界上分享的东西比那些使我们分裂的东西更有价值。

Relationships are all there is. Everything in the universe only exists because it is in relationship to everything else. Nothing exists in isolation. We have to stop pretending we are individuals that can go it alone.

人际关系就是一切。 宇宙中的一切之所以存在,只是因为它是存在的 和其他一切的关系。没有任何事物是孤立存在的。 我们必须停止假装我们是可以独立完成任务的个体。

I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me.

我根本没有恃强凌弱的想法……在我看来,恃强凌弱者不能容忍相反的意见,专横跋扈,相当胆小。我希望在描述我的时候,没有一个词可以被公平地使用。

We should be the natural home for young mothers. But we're not. Because too often we sound like people who think the only good mother is a married mother.

我们应该成为年轻母亲的天然家园。但我们不是。因为我们经常听起来像那种认为只有已婚母亲才是好母亲的人。

When you know that everything matters that every move counts as much as any other you will begin living a life of permanent purpose.

当你知道每件事都很重要时,你的每一个举动都和其他任何举动一样重要,你就会开始过一种有永久目标的生活。

I am not a natural dancer.

我不是天生的舞者。