Worldly faces never look so worldly as at a funeral. They have the same effect of grating incongruity as the sound of a coarse voice breaking the solemn silence of night.

  • -- George Eliot 乔治·艾略特

世俗的面孔从来没有在葬礼上显得那么世俗。它们具有刺耳的不协调的效果,就像一个粗哑的声音打破了夜晚的肃穆寂静。

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The hits always wind up being the songs with big, high choruses. They're the ones too high to sing every night - not that you'll ever, ever hear me complain about having to try.

热门歌曲总是以高亢的合唱结束。他们是每晚都唱得太高的人——你永远,永远不会听到我抱怨不得不去尝试。

There is no way to ease the burden. The voyage leads on from harm to harm, A land of others and of silence.

没有办法减轻这种负担。这趟旅程从一个危险的地方驶向另一个危险的地方,一个充满他人和寂静的地方。

You know it's love when the silence between the two of you is comfortable.

当你们两个人之间的沉默是舒适的,你就知道这是爱。

Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.

城市就像猫一样,会在晚上出现。