And in the afternoon they entered a land - but such a land! A land hung in mourning, darkened by gigantic cypresses, submerged; a land of reptiles, silence, shadow, decay.

  • -- George Washington Cable 乔治·华盛顿·凯布林

到了下午,他们进入了一片土地——但是这片土地!一片笼罩在哀悼之中的土地,被巨大的柏树遮蔽,淹没了;爬行动物的土地,寂静,阴影,腐朽。

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A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.

一个舒适的晚年是一个度过美好青春的奖赏。它不会给我们带来衰败的凄凉前景,而会给我们带来在更美好的世界里永葆青春的希望。

I get inhabited by a character and then you mourn it. There's a period of mourning for me, definitely.

我被一个角色吸引住了,然后你为之哀悼。我肯定会有一段哀悼的时间。

I love to chase my shadow to feel how it rests in the dark.

我喜欢追逐我的影子,去感受它是如何在黑暗中安息的。

Life - a spiritual pickle preserving the body from decay.

生命-保存身体免于腐烂的精神腌黄瓜。

The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat.

人的整个影子只有他的帽子那么大。

Silence is true wisdom's best reply.

沉默是真正的智慧的最好回答。

Silence is safer than speech.

沉默比说话更安全。