美国作家语录（三十二）

美国作家语录（三十二）

Without memory, each night is the first night, each morning is the first morning, each kiss and touch are the first.

没有记忆，夜夜都是初夜，日日都是首日，回回接吻、次次触摸都是空前。

——阿兰•莱特曼 《爱因斯坦的梦》

I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;

I lift my eyes and all is born again.

我合上眼睛，世界倒地死去。

我抬起眼帘，一切重获新生。

——西尔维娅•普拉斯《钟形罩》

And what this is, what your life has come to, will be taken from you in time.

生活赐予你的，迟早会全部收回。

——乔伊斯•卡罗尔•欧茨《狂野之夜！》

You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love.

你不能只是坐在那里，把别人的生活看得比自己重，然后把那称为爱。

——斯蒂芬•卓博斯基《壁花少年》

Peace will not be the abstaining from an act, but the coming of a state of mind.

和平不是戒除一种行为，而是养成一种心态。

——赫尔曼•沃克 《战争风云》

You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body, temporarily.

你没有灵魂。你就是灵魂，只是暂时有个身体。

——小沃尔特•M•米勒 《莱博维兹的赞歌》

You may say I am a dreamer, but I am not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one. John Lennon

你可能会说我在做梦，但我不是唯一的一个。我希望有一天你能加入我们，到那时世界就会大同。

——约翰•列侬

God, Grant me the SERENITY, to accept the things I cannot change, COURAGE to change the things I can and WISDOM to know the difference.

上帝，请赐予我平静，去接受我无法改变的。给予我勇气，去改变我能改变的，赐我智慧， 去分辨这两者的区别。

——莱因霍尔德•尼布尔

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.

宽恕不会改变过去，但可以扩展未来。

——保罗•波希