Sadness does not inhere in things; it does not reach us from the world and through mere contemplation of the world. It is a product of our own thought. We create it out of whole cloth.

  • -- David Emile Durkheim 大卫·埃米尔·德克海姆

悲伤不存在于事物之中;它不是从世界而来,也不是仅仅通过对世界的沉思而达到我们的。它是我们自己思想的产物。我们用整块布做的。

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The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keeps out the joy.

我们在自己周围筑起的阻挡悲伤的墙也阻挡了快乐。

It's the poignancy and sadness in things that gets to me.

是事物中的辛酸和悲伤让我感到难过。