You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do.

  • -- Rebecca Harding Davis 丽贝卡·戴维斯

你会发现,诗人或他那个时代最重要的船长,就像你会做的那样,会讨价还价或削土豆皮。

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It's a funny thing - when I'm crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them!

这是一件有趣的事情——当我为工作疯狂时,和孩子们在一起能让我放松。然而,在和他们一起度过一个漫长的周末之后,我真正需要放松的是一点工作和远离他们的时间!

It all has to do with the director, the captain of the ship. He sets the pace, the mood. If the director is quiet, the set is quiet. If the director is loud, then everybody has to be louder to be heard.

这一切都与船长有关。他决定了节奏和气氛。如果导演很安静,布景也很安静。如果导演声音很大,那么每个人的声音都必须更大才能被听到。

I have accepted fear as a part of life -specifically the fear of change ... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ...

我已经接受恐惧是生活的一部分,特别是对改变的恐惧……尽管我的心怦怦直跳,但我还是走了回去。

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add, 'All the time.'

如果我能给你三个字的建议,那就是:“说实话。”如果我还有三个字,我会加上,“一直”。

None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry.

只有诗人才能写悲剧。因为悲剧只不过是痛苦被诗歌的炼金术转化为狂喜。

The word poet literally means maker: anything which is not well made doesn't exist.

“诗人”一词的字面意思是“制造者”:任何没有做好的东西都不存在。

You are the captain of your own ship; don't let anyone else take the wheel.

你是你自己的船的船长;别让别人来掌舵。

When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes.

当心灵说话时,它的语言在任何纬度下都是一样的。

It's an even bargain one in which we both lose.

这是一个我们双方都输的公平交易。

It's not a bargain if it has bedbugs.

如果里面有臭虫就不划算了。