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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It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy.

这是生活中最令人悲伤的事情之一,尽管我们尽了最大的努力,但我们永远不能肯定能让人们幸福,而我们几乎总是能肯定能让他们不幸福。

The most important thing is knowing that the love in your life is stronger than the hate.

最重要的是要知道你生命中的爱比恨更强大。

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else.

我发现,失去幸福的一种必然的方式,就是牺牲其他一切来换取幸福。

Hapiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

只有当你把自己从所有其他的干扰中解放出来,你才能找到幸福。