I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled - all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you - stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame.

  • -- Anne Lamott 安妮·拉摩特

我得到了很多社会承诺会让我变得完整和满足的东西——从幼儿园开始,社会文化告诉你的所有事情都会平息你内心悸动的焦虑——身材、同事的尊重,甚至可能是一种低年级的名声。

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I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

我对一件必须解释才能理解的美丽事物没有多大耐心。如果它确实需要造物主以外的人来解释,那么我怀疑它是否达到了它的目的。

What people need to know is that if you don't eat what you want, then you'll just continue to eat, because you're not fulfilled.

人们需要知道的是,如果你不吃你想吃的,那么你就会继续吃下去,因为你并不满足。

Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.

恶意是身材矮小,但它有很长的手臂。