Toni Morrison的名言:The pieces I am…

She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order.

她是头脑和心灵上的朋友。我的头脑和心灵,就如同一堆碎片,散乱无序,没有任何条理章法。而她把这些碎片收集起来,按照正确的顺序整理排列,然后再交还给我。

If you can only be tall because someone else is on their knees, then you have a serious problem.

如果只有要别人跪在地上,你才能显得高大,那么,你一定有非常严重的问题。

At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint or even remember it. It is enough.

到了人生中的某个阶段,只要看到和知道世界上有美好的事物,就足够了。你不再需要把美好的事物拍成照片,画成图画,甚至不再需要记在头脑中。只要看到和知道,就足够了。

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

如果你特别想读一本书,但这本书还没有人写出来,那么,你就要自己把这本书写出来。

Toni Morrison (1931.2—2019.8),美国作家,1993年获得诺贝尔文学奖。

Morrison的作品,描述美国黑人的文化;上面的引言,有些出自小说中人物的口语,并不符合常规的语法,例如She gather me;但是,这句话也可以理解为一种Subjunctive Mood,虚拟语气。

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