It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.

  • -- Colley Cibber 西伯

缺席者需要时间才能在我们的思想中呈现出他们真实的形象。死后,他们有一个更坚定的轮廓,然后停止改变。

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Every single day, I get letters - very moving, overwhelming letters - testifying how much my books have meant to people in times of crisis in their lives, when they were very ill, say. If I ever doubted that writing could play an important part in people's lives, I don't doubt that now.

每一天,我都能收到来信——非常感人、势不可挡的来信——证明我的书对处于人生危机时期的人们有多么重要,比如说,当他们病得很重的时候。如果我曾经怀疑写作在人们的生活中扮演着重要的角色,我现在不怀疑了。

I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.

我觉得我长大了一点。我变得更自信了,我读了更多的书,我有更多的时间留给自己。我进行这次写作之旅,是为了收集关于我在这个世界上的位置和我是谁,以及为什么我们都在这里的想法。

Yes, of course that's true but you know, the irony of all that is that before the accident, I'd pretty much lost interest in playing drums.

是的,这当然是真的,但你知道,讽刺的是,在事故发生之前,我对打鼓几乎失去了兴趣。

There's no reason to change what you are, but if you're not being you, then you need to acknowledge that.

没有理由改变你是谁,但如果你不是你,那么你需要承认这一点。

One hopes to achieve the zero option, but in the absence of that we must achieve balanced numbers.

人们希望实现零选项,但在没有零选项的情况下,我们必须实现平衡的数字。

Sometimes both your mind and thoughts are paying the cost of your stupid heart.

有时候你的头脑和思想都在为你愚蠢的心付出代价。

Everything happened so fast, it's like a dream come true.

一切都发生得太快了,就像美梦成真一样。

You know, I have a really tough time finding new bands.

你知道,我很难找到新的乐队。

Slowness to change usually means fear of the new.

变革的缓慢通常意味着对新事物的恐惧。

Absence is the enemy of love

离别是爱情的敌人