We did not come to remain whole.

我们来不是为全身而退，

We came to lose our leaves like the trees,

我们来是为了像树一样落叶，

Trees that start again. - Robert Bly

像树一样重新开始。——伯特·布莱

No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another's happiness. - Graham Greene

没有人可以真正地理解他人，没有人可以安排他人的幸福。——格雷厄姆·格林

To love blindly is to love selfishly, because the goal of such love is not the real advantage of the beloved¹ but only the exercise of love in our own souls. - Thomas Merton

盲目的爱是自私的，因为这种爱不是出于为对方着想，而仅仅只是自我灵魂所做的爱情练习。——托马斯·默顿

I never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude². - Henry David Thoreau

我从没找到过比“独处”更好相处的伴侣。——亨利·戴维·梭罗

I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world. - Mindy Kaling

我把爱情喜剧看作是不入流的科幻，那里的世界用着和正常人类世界不一样的规则。——明迪·卡琳

Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go. - Hermann Hesse

有的人认为坚持会让我们变得更强大，但有时候放手才会让我们变得更强大。——赫尔曼·黑塞

I like being single, I'm always there when I need me. - Art Leo

我喜欢单身，在我需要的时候我自己总会在我身边。——阿尔特·雷欧