Being aestheticless is fatal, even knowledge cannot save you.

——Mu Xin, writer

沒(méi)有審美力是絕癥，知識(shí)也解救不了。

——作家木心

I almost never lose my temper, because I feel that it’s not necessary. If there’s a problem, you fix it. Don’t let others’ mistakes affect you. This is my secret to feeling happy most of the time.

——Chen Danqing, painter

我?guī)缀鯊膩?lái)不生氣，因?yàn)槲艺J(rèn)為沒(méi)必要，有問(wèn)題就去解決，不要讓別人的錯(cuò)誤影響自己。這是我大多時(shí)候感到快樂(lè)的秘訣。

——畫(huà)家陳丹青

The highway is a brisk bulletin. Old roads are a garrulous recounting. A slow walk is a good account of details.

——Han Shaogong, author

高速公路是簡(jiǎn)潔明快的公告，老公路是婉轉(zhuǎn)嘮叨的敘述，更慢的步行才是對(duì)細(xì)節(jié)的咀嚼。

——作家韓少功

In the nighttime you just want to have a bite and end up eating all night. You go out for a night time run, turn the corner and there’s BBQ.

——Actor Chen He joking about gaining weight

晚上只想吃一口，不小心吃了一宿。明明是出門(mén)夜跑，拐彎就遇到燒烤。

——演員陳赫調(diào)侃長(zhǎng)胖的原因

A woman is the prettiest when she’s trying to pretend to be upset but can’t help smiling.

——Gu Long, novelist

一個(gè)女人最好看的時(shí)候，就是她雖然想板著臉，卻又忍不住要笑的時(shí)候。

——小說(shuō)家古龍

People say that life isn’t that simple. Yet, life is just a meal after a meal. Using your whole life to concentrate on perfecting one thing. Safeguarding your family residence. Sewing and mending. Gradually moving forward in the scenery of the four seasons replacing one another.

——Line from Japanese film Our Little Sister

很多人說(shuō)生活沒(méi)那么簡(jiǎn)單，而生活本就是一餐一飯，一生專(zhuān)心做好一件事，守著親人留下的宅院，縫縫補(bǔ)補(bǔ)，在四季風(fēng)物的更替里緩緩前進(jìn)。

——日本電影《海街日記》臺(tái)詞