To be able to make up stories has been a great gift to me from my ancestors and from the storytellers who were so numerous at Laguna Pueblo when I was growing up. I learned to read as soon as I could because I wanted stories without having to depend on adults to tell or read stories to me.

  • -- Leslie Marmon Silko 莱斯莉·玛蒙·西尔科

能够编故事是我的祖先给我的一份伟大的礼物,也是我成长过程中拉古纳普韦布洛许许多多的说书人给我的礼物。我尽可能快地学会了阅读,因为我想要的是故事,而不是依赖成年人给我讲故事或给我读故事。

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One thing I've learned, in the face of all kinds of indignities, domestic workers take so much pride in their work and love the children they care for.

我学到的一件事是,面对各种各样的侮辱,家政工作者对他们的工作感到非常自豪,并且爱他们照顾的孩子。

If an ignorant person is attracted by the things of the world, that is bad. But if a learned person is thus attracted, it is worse.

如果一个无知的人被世间的事物所吸引,那是不好的。但如果一个有学问的人因此而被吸引,那就更糟了。

I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.

如果我认为我父亲是我想取悦的人,我就不会做我曾经做过的事。

I wouldn't want to think people doted on us, hung on every word, or wanted to look like us.

我不希望人们溺爱我们,关注我们的每一个字,或者想要看起来像我们。