Nothing is sadder than having worldly standards without worldly means.

  • -- Van Wyck Brooks 范·威克·布鲁克斯

没有什么比拥有世俗的标准而没有世俗的手段更可悲的了。

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My folks were raised pure prohibitionist. They were very good people, with high moral standards - but very repressed. There was no hugging and kissing in my home.

我的父母是纯粹的禁酒主义者。他们都是非常善良的人,有着很高的道德标准——但是非常压抑。在我的家里没有拥抱和亲吻。

They know what my standards are. They know what I need and how to get it to me, and they know how to communicate with me if for some reason they can't get it.

他们知道我的标准是什么。他们知道我需要什么,怎样才能得到,如果因为某种原因得不到,他们也知道怎样和我沟通。