库尔特•冯内古特语录

库尔特•冯内古特语录

I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.

我想尽可能地站在边上，在边上你可以看见你在中间不可能看到的各种东西。

——库尔特•冯内古特

I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found.

阅读和写作是迄今为止人类发现的最有营养的冥想形式。

——库尔特•冯内古特

The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death.

无尽的宇宙所给予的奖赏，只有三样：空洞的英雄主义，低级的喜剧，和无意义的死亡。

——库尔特•冯内古特《泰坦的女妖》

Our aim is to make the world more beautiful than it was when we came into it. It can be done. You can do it--love yourself.

我们的目标是让世界变得比我们来的时候更美好。我们能做到。你也可以做到——靠爱你自己。

——库尔特•冯内古特 《欢迎来到猴子馆》

I was making my mind as blank as possible, you see, since the past was so embarrassing and the future so terrifying.

因为过去太难堪，未来太可怕，我尽量让我的大脑一片空白。

——库尔特•冯内古特 《囚鸟》

Of course it is exhausting, having to reason all the time in a universe which wasn't meant to be reasonable.

在一个本不讲道理的宇宙中不得不时时刻刻地讲道理当然是非常累人的。

——库尔特•冯内古特 《冠军早餐》

And I asked myself about the present: how wide it was, how deep it was, how much was mine to keep.

我向自己提出了关于今天的问题：今天有多宽，有多深，有多少属于我自己的东西可以留存。

——库尔特•冯内古特 《五号屠场》

Maturity...is knowing what your limitations are.

成熟就是知道你的局限所在。

——库尔特•冯内古特 《猫的摇篮》

If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts.

如果你真想伤害你的父母，但天生又当不了同性恋，你至少还有个办法：投奔艺术。

——库尔特•冯内古特《时震》

The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable.

艺术不是养家糊口之道，是一种让生命变得更可以承受的非常人道的方式。

——库尔特•冯内古特《时震》

Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow.

玩艺术不管玩得好或烂，都能让你的灵魂成长。

——库尔特•冯内古特《时震》

Humor is a way of holding off how awful life can be, to protect yourself.

幽默是一种远离残酷生活，从而保护自己的方法。

——库尔特•冯内古特《没有国家的人》

Humor is an almost physiological response to fear.

幽默差不多是对恐惧的生理反应。

——库尔特•冯内古特《没有国家的人》

真相很有说服力，只是你不愿意去相信它。

——库尔特•冯内古特《没有国家的人》

I wanted all things to seem to make some sense, So we could all be happy, yes, instead of tense. And I made up lies, so they all fit nice, and I made this sad world a paradise

我想让所有的事情都看起来合情合理，这样，我们都可以幸福，而不是紧张。我编了谎话，让一切都讲得通，于是，我把这个悲惨的世界变成了一座乐园。

——库尔特•冯内古特《没有国家的人》