1. “Beauty is an enormous, unmerited gift given randomly, stupidly.”美丽是一个巨大的,不值得的,随机地,愚蠢地给予的礼物。
—Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed《群山回唱》-作者卡勒德·胡赛尼
2. “The curves of your lips rewrite history.”你嘴唇的线条改写了历史。
—Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray《道林·格雷的画像》-作者奥斯卡王尔德
3. “A dream, all a dream, that ends in nothing, and leaves the sleeper where he lay down, but I wish you to know that you inspired it.”一个梦,所有的梦,都以虚无告终,只剩下躺下的那个沉睡者,但我希望你知道是你激发了它。
—Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities《双城记》-作者查尔斯·狄更斯
4. "I"ve always found wreaths hideously sad, like decorative lifesavers thrown out too late."我总是觉得花圈非常悲伤,就像装饰性的救生衣扔得太晚一样。
—The Kitchen God"s Wife by Amy Tan《灶神之妻》-作者谭恩美
5. “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.”现在你不必是完美的,你可以是优秀的。
—John Steinbeck, East of Eden《伊甸之东》-作者约翰·斯坦贝克
6. “There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”霍雷肖,天地间的事物比你的哲学所梦想的还要多。
—William Shakespeare, Hamlet《哈姆雷特》-作者威廉·莎士比亚
7. “It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.”也许向幸福投降就是接受失败,但失败比许多胜利都要好。
—W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage《人性枷锁》-作者威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆
8. "Time moves slowly, but passes quickly."时间走得很慢,但过得快。
—The Color Purple by Alice Walker《紫颜色》-作者爱丽丝·沃克
9. “Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.”从前,有一个男孩爱上了一个女孩,她的笑声是他一生都想回答的问题。
—Nicole Krauss, The History of Love《爱的历史》-作者妮可·克劳斯
10. “In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.”尽管如此,我仍然相信人们的内心真的很善良。
—Anne Frank, The Diary of Anne Frank《安妮·弗兰克的日记》-作者安妮·弗兰克
11. "I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way."我爱你而不知道如何、何时、从何处来。我爱你是直截了当的,不复杂也不骄傲;所以我爱你是因为我不知道其他的方式。
— "Sonnet XVII" by Pablo Neruda《十四行诗》-作者巴勃罗·聂鲁达
12. "If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you."如果你活到一百岁,我想活到一百岁减去一天,这样我就永远都不会离开你。
— Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne《小熊维尼》-作者A.A.米尔恩
13. “The half life of love is forever.”爱的半生是永恒的。
—Junot Diaz, This Is How You Lose Her《你就这样失去了她》-作者朱诺·迪亚斯
14. "The mystery of life isn"t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience."生命的奥秘不是要解决的问题,而是要体验的现实。
―Dune by Frank Herbert《沙丘》-作者弗兰克·赫伯特
15. “There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights.”生活中有黑暗,也有光明,而你是其中之一,是所有光明中的光明。
—Bram Stroker, Dracula《吸血鬼德古拉》-作者布拉姆·斯特罗克
16. “Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.”明天总是新鲜的,没有任何失误的。
—L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables《绿山墙的安妮》-作者L.M.蒙哥马利
17. “I would always rather be happy than dignified.”我宁愿快乐也不愿有尊严。
—Charlotte Bront , Jane Eyre《简爱》-作者夏洛特·勃朗特
18. “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.”不相信魔法的人永远也找不到它。
—The Minpins by Roald Dahl《逃家男孩》-作者罗尔德·达尔
19. “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”于是我们奋力前行,逆流而上,不停地回到过去。
–F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby《了不起的盖茨比》-作者F.斯科特·菲茨杰拉德
20. “Journeys end in lovers meeting.”旅程以情人相会而告终。
—William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night《第十二夜》-作者威廉·莎士比亚
21. “It does not do well to dwell on dreams and forget to live, remember that.”沉湎于梦想而忘记生活是不好的,记住这一点。
—J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone《哈利波特与魔法石》-作者J.K.罗琳
22. “It is such a secret place, the land of tears.” 这是一个如此秘密的地方,一个充满泪水的国度。
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince《小王子》-作者安托万·德·圣埃克苏佩里
23. “Not all those who wander are lost.”并不是所有的流浪者都迷路了。
—J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings《指环王》-作者J.R.R.托尔金
24. "To love another person is to see the face of God."爱一个人就是看到上帝的脸。
—Les Misérables by Victor Hugo《悲惨世界》-作者维克多·雨果
25. "Hell is empty; all the devils are here."地狱是空的,所有的魔鬼都在这里。
—The Tempest by William Shakespeare《暴风雨》-作者威廉·莎士比亚
26. "The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live."事实是,一旦你学会了如何死亡,你就学会了如何生活。
—Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom《相约星期二》-作者米奇·阿尔博姆
27. "Human beings are the only creatures on Earth that claim a God and the only living thing that behaves like it hasn"t got one."人类是地球上唯一声称拥有上帝的生物,也是唯一一个表现得好像没有上帝的生物。
—The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson《朗姆酒日记》-作者亨特·S·汤普森
28. "I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once."我爱上了你,就像你睡着一样:慢慢地,然后很突然的。
—The Fault in Our Stars by John Green《无比美妙的痛苦》-作者约翰·格林
29. "Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness."和大多数痛苦一样,它始于表面上的幸福。
—The Book Thief by Markus Zusak《偷书贼》-作者马库斯·祖萨克
30. "Everything will be alright in the end, so if it is not alright, it is not the end."最终一切都会好起来的,如果不好,那就还没到最后。
—The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach《涉外大饭店》-作者德博拉·莫加奇
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