Quotes

There is one thing that young people often don’t understand: words are not useful just because you spoke them aloud, you have to see if the person you speak to is actually willing to listen or not.

——Ma Boyong, author

年轻人总是不懂一个道理：话不是说出来就有用，而要看听话的人愿不愿意听。

——作家马伯庸

Seeing that suffering has pushed me to the cliff’s edge, let me just sit down on the edge.While I’m at it, I can watch the flowing mountain mist down below and sing a song for you.

——Shi Tiesheng, author

苦难既然把我推到了悬崖的边缘，那么就让我在这悬崖的边缘坐下来，顺便看看悬崖下的流岚雾霭，唱支歌给你听。

——作家史铁生

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.

——Andy Rooney, American radio and television writer

每个人都想住在山顶，但所有的快乐及成长都是在登山时产生的。

——美国资深媒体人安迪·鲁尼

Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence. Second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.

——Oscar Wilde, Irish writer

一婚是想象力战胜智力，二婚是希望战胜经验。

——爱尔兰作家王尔德

Everyone is willing to blindly follow others, as if the safest thing in the world is to let oneself disappear into the “majority.”

——Winter Pastureby Li Juan

大家都愿意盲从，好像世界上最安全的事就是让自己消失在“多数”之中。

——李娟《冬牧场》