The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found.

  • -- Calvin Trillin 卡尔文·特里林

我母亲最了不起的一点是,三十年来,她为这个家庭所做的只是残羹剩饭。原来的那顿饭一直没有找到。

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As time goes on, all schools only get left alive if they have found something special themselves.

随着时间的推移,所有的学校只有当他们自己发现了一些特别的东西时才会存活下来。

Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

成熟往往比青春更荒唐,而且往往对青春最不公平。

I found out early that you can throw yourself away, missing what you've lost.

我很早就发现你可以抛弃自己,错过你失去的东西。

To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults.

说“我们”和意思是“我”是最深奥的侮辱之一。