It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.

  • -- Zora Neale Hurston 卓拉·尼尔·赫斯特

在我看来,没有朋友的生活就像为了早上喝咖啡而挤牛奶。这是一大堆麻烦,而且在你得到它之后就不值得了。

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When I began I thought that literature was contained within a bubble that somehow floated above the world commented upon by newspapers. But I became more and more interested in trying to include some of that world within my work.

当我开始写作的时候,我认为文学被包含在一个泡沫中,这个泡沫以某种方式漂浮在报纸评论的世界之上。但我越来越有兴趣尝试在我的作品中融入一些这样的世界。

I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.

我试着尽可能地保持冷静,过好每一天,但当现实来临,我感到一切:焦虑、兴奋、紧张、压力和快乐。

My mom didn't use face cream, like, nothing at all. She's got great skin and looks very youthful.

我妈妈没有用面霜,什么都不用。她皮肤很好,看起来很年轻。

Fabulous place, Dublin is. The trouble is, you work hard and in Dublin you play hard as well.

都柏林是个好地方。问题是,你工作很努力,在都柏林你也很努力。

I was a born troublemaker and might as well earn a living at it.

我天生就是个捣蛋鬼,还不如以此谋生。

Cream doesn't rise to the top, it works its way up.

奶油不会上升到顶部,它会慢慢上升。