The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when the nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.

  • -- Alan Bennett 艾伦·班纳特

大多数人在危机中表现良好,当人们关注他们的时候;在这一生的每个星期天下午,当没有人注视的时候,这种精神就会动摇。

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People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure.

人们必须感觉到自然世界是重要的、有价值的、美丽的、美妙的,是一种惊奇和快乐。

I knew books could see people around them, they ground their tiny teeth, tried to rattle like windows, stories to tell.

我知道书能看见周围的人,他们咬牙切齿,像窗户一样格格作响,讲着故事。