There are some people who have the quality of richness and joy in them and they communicate it to everything they touch. It is first of all a physical quality; then it is a quality of the spirit.

  • -- Tom Wolfe 汤姆·沃尔夫

有些人拥有丰富和快乐的品质,他们把这种品质传达给他们接触到的每一件事。首先是身体素质;那么这就是精神的一种品质。

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This means that the mind or spirit is present anywhere, because it is nowhere attached to any particular place. And it can remain present because, even when related to this or that object, it does not cling to it by reflection and thus lose its original mobility.

这意味着思想或精神存在于任何地方,因为它不依附于任何特定的地方。它之所以能保持存在,是因为即使当它与这个或那个物体相联系时,它也不会因为反射而依附于它,从而失去它最初的灵活性。

Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.

富人的房子很少漂亮,很少舒适,也从不新颖。对于中等收入的人来说,观察到一大笔财富对美丽的贡献是如此之小,总是会让他们感到惊讶。

The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of a Spirit made for what it has not found but must forever seek as an Ideal.

青春的遐想耗费了太多的精力,它是一种精神的渴望,这种精神是为一种尚未发现却必须永远作为一种理想去追求的东西而创造的。

Amnesty is as good for those who give it as for those who receive it. It has the admirable quality of bestowing mercy on both sides.

大赦对施予者和受予者同样有益。它具有向双方施与怜悯的令人钦佩的品质。

Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.

无论我做什么,我希望它是高质量的,我希望它是有品位的。

The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit.

富人和你我不同,因为他们有更多的信用。

Just because we do bad  things does not mean we are bad people.

我们做坏事并不意味着我们就是坏人。

Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo.

一切都在变化,包括现状。

I never looked at people or singing as commodities.

我从来没有把人或歌唱看作商品。

Life is to blame for everything.

一切都要怪生活。