Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.

  • -- Rita Dove 丽塔·达夫

在逆境中,在压迫下,语言开始失败,简单的语言开始失败。为了准确地表达事物,人类几乎被迫去寻找尽可能精确的词语,这是文学的先决条件。

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The idea of eternity lives in all of us. We thirst to live in a belief which raises our small personality to a higher coherence - a coherence which is human and yet superhuman, absolute and yet steadily growing and developing, ideal and yet real.

永生的观念存在于我们每个人心中。我们渴望生活在一种信念中,这种信念能把我们渺小的人格提升到更高的一致性——这种一致性既是人类的,又是超人的,是绝对的,但仍在稳步增长和发展,是理想的,也是现实的。

We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.

我们必须意识到种族的概念是错误的。世界上只有一个种族,人类。

They used to say, 'If we find a good black player, we'll sign him.' They was lying.

他们常说,‘如果我们找到一个好的黑人球员,我们就签下他。他们在撒谎。

A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.

滔滔不绝的话语无疑是口是心非的表现。

Weigh the meaning and look not at the words.

衡量意思,而不是看单词。

What is meant to be will always find a way.

命中注定的总会找到方法。