Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have had the courage and honesty to perceive and feel.

  • -- Vanna Bonta 范娜·邦塔

只有当语言被用作一种工具,被那些有勇气和诚实去感知和感受它的人所使用时,语言才能达到灵魂的境界。

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This means I must pay close attention to the writing, but equally so to the scientific background - which sometimes means doing fairly involved calculations.

这意味着我必须密切注意写作,但同样要注意科学背景——这有时意味着做相当复杂的计算。

Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone.

语言……创造了“孤独”这个词来表达孤独的痛苦。它创造了“孤独”这个词来表达独处的荣耀。

Silence is not a natural environment for stories. They need words. Without them they grow pale, sicken and die. And then they haunt you.

沉默不是故事的自然环境。他们需要的话。没有他们,他们变得苍白,生病和死亡。然后他们缠着你。

Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.

不要去想那些赞美你言行的忠信的人;而是那些善意地责备你过错的人。

I don't know if I'm striving for anything that I can put into words.

我不知道我是否在努力用语言表达什么。

A language is a dialect with its own army and navy.

一种语言是一种拥有自己的陆军和海军的方言。