All of us use art and literature as an escape from time to time, but if it's any good, it has a healing quality - a quality that enlarges our human spirits.

  • -- Katherine Paterson 凯瑟琳·佩特森

我们都时不时地把艺术和文学当作一种逃避,但如果它有什么好处的话,那就是它有一种治愈的品质——一种能开阔我们人类精神的品质。

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I am well aware that many will say that no one can possibly speak with spirits and angels so long as he lives in the body; and many will say that it is all fancy, others that I relate such things in order to gain credence, and others will make other objections.

我很清楚,许多人会说,人只要活在身体里,就不可能与灵和天使说话;许多人会说这一切都是幻想,另一些人会说我讲这些事情是为了获得信任,还有一些人会提出其他的反对意见。

Music is my main goal, but I'm not going to rush a record out. There are so many actors who have come out with albums these days. I don't want to do it because it's the thing to do. I want to wait until the time is right.

音乐是我的主要目标,但我不会急于推出一张唱片。现在有很多演员都出了专辑。我不想这么做,因为这是该做的事。我想等到合适的时机。

Man's happiness springs mainly from moderate troubles, which afford the mind a healthful stimulus, and are followed by a reaction which produces a cheerful flow of spirits.

人的幸福主要来自适度的烦恼,适度的烦恼给人的心灵以健康的刺激,随之产生的反应使人精神愉快。

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.

当代的艺术和文学并没有给那一代人带来足够的改变,让他们可以接受或拒绝它。

It isn't as important to buy as cheap as possible as it is to buy at the right time.

买的越便宜越好并不重要,重要的是在正确的时间买。

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

当文学一半是贸易,一半是艺术时,它才最繁荣。