I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization.

  • -- George Saunders 山德斯

我认为在我们这个时代,我们得到的很多信息都是预极化的。小说有一种方式提醒我们,我们实际上在情感、神经、欲望和恐惧方面是非常相似的,所以我认为这是一种很好的方式来消除这种两极分化。

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When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be.

当第一个婴儿第一次笑的时候,笑声就变成了成千上万的碎片,他们一起蹦蹦跳跳,这就是仙女们的开始。现在,当每一个婴儿出生时,它的第一声笑声就变成了童话。所以应该有。

I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.

我必须不断提醒自己:如果你把你的生命献给上帝,他不会给你幸福,一切都会好的。但他确实承诺给你和平。即使在糟糕的情况下,你也可以拥有平静和快乐。

There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.

伤口被刮伤是一种乐趣,但没有伤口更令人愉快。就是这样,在世俗的欲望中也有快乐,但是没有欲望更令人愉快。

I think that all my albums are different enough where I don't feel like I did this the last time.

我想我所有的专辑都是不同的,我不觉得我上次这样做了。

Keep reminding yourself: I get what I think about, whether I want it or not.

不断提醒自己:我得到了我所想的,不管我想不想要。

Be clear with your desires.

明确你的愿望。