Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

  • -- Aldous Huxley 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎

也许一个人受苦是好事。一个艺术家如果快乐,他能做些什么吗?他会想做点什么吗?到底什么是艺术,除了抗议生活中可怕的严酷之外?

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One thing that happens when you're pregnant is that as your stomach starts to stretch. It itches! So I have to keep my belly really lubricated. Every morning, there's a buttering ceremony after I get out of the shower. It's really like basting a turkey with body butter.

当你怀孕的时候,你的胃开始伸展。好痒!所以我必须让我的肚子保持润滑。每天早上,我洗完澡后都会举行一个敬酒仪式。这就像给火鸡涂上身体黄油。

Poetry, being supremely useless, by its very existence represents a protest against the so-called 'real world' of busy-ness and moneymaking, so we must embrace, salute and support our poets.

诗歌本身毫无用处,它的存在本身就代表着对忙碌和赚钱的所谓“现实世界”的抗议,因此我们必须拥抱、致敬和支持我们的诗人。

Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling.

笑是生活压力锅上的阀门。要么你又笑又苦,要么你把你的豆子或脑袋挂在天花板上。

The great defense against the air menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

对空中威胁的最大防御是攻击敌人的飞机,尽可能接近他们的出发点。

The Nobel is a ticket to one's own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it.

诺贝尔奖是一张自己葬礼的入场券。没有人在得到它之后做过任何事情。

When you love someone, you don't want them to suffer at all.

当你爱一个人的时候,你根本不想让他们受苦。

I hate when people use my tactics against me.

我讨厌别人用我的策略对付我。