I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the  walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

  • -- John Burroughs 美国博物学家巴勒斯

我仍然觉得每一天都太短了,我无法去想所有的事情,我无法去散步,我无法读所有的书,我无法去见所有的朋友。

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I don't think I would live outside of the Northwest. I think the quality of life in Portland is really good. People move from intense, high-powered jobs, and move to Portland, work half as much and live twice as good.

我想我不会住在西北以外的地方。我认为波特兰的生活质量非常好。人们从高强度、高强度的工作中搬到波特兰,工作时间减半,生活质量提高一倍。

I have never written anything in one draft, not even a grocery list, although I have heard from friends that this is actually possible.

我从来没有在草稿中写过任何东西,甚至连一份购物清单都没有,尽管我从朋友那里听说这实际上是可能的。

Only the ship is made of books, its sails thousands of overlapping pages, and the sea it floats upon is dark black ink.

只有船是由书组成的,它的帆上有成千上万的重叠的书页,它漂浮的大海是黑色的墨水。

In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory.

在这色彩的运动中,我找到了本质,它不是从一个系统或一个先验的理论中产生的。

Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.

从来没有什么发明像一本好书那样给人以如此多的养料和如此无尽的时间回报。

I probably have become more infamous from two misdemeanors than probably anyone I could think of.

我可能因为两次轻罪而变得比我能想到的任何人都更臭名昭著。

Sisters are the true friends who ask how you are, and then wait to hear the answer.

姐妹是真正的朋友,她们会先问候你,然后等待你的回答。

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

图书业发明文学奖项是为了刺激销售,而不是奖励有价值的人。

Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you.

梦是插图…从书中你的灵魂在写你。

The best way to find anything is to look with an opened mind.

找到任何东西的最好方法就是以开放的心态去看。