今天小编给大家推荐的书是《莫斯科绅士》,作者是美国作家埃默·托尔斯。托尔斯在耶鲁大学和斯坦福大学分别取得本科和硕士学位,之后从1991年到2012年都在纽约从事投资工作。他在2011年发表了处女作《上流法则》,惊艳了美国文坛。
《莫斯科绅士》的背景设在1922年的莫斯科,主人公是一位叫亚历山大·伊里奇·罗斯托夫的伯爵。他原本是沙俄时期的贵族,被苏俄政府判决软禁在克里姆林宫对面的大都会酒店,一待就是32年。
礼仪不是糖果,尼娜。你不能只选择那些最适合你的,也不能把咬了一半的放回盒子里。
For what matters in life is not whether we receive a round of applause;what matters is whether we have the courage to venture forth despite the uncertainty of acclaim.
因为人生中重要的事情不是我们是否收获了一片掌声,而是我们在不确定能得到称赞时,是否依然有勇气大胆前行。
No matter how much time passes,those we have loved never slip away from us entirely.
无论时间过去多久,那些我们爱过的人永远不会完全离开我们。
If you are ever in doubt,just remember that unlike adults,children want to be happy.So they still have the ability to take the greatest pleasure in the simplest things.
如果你有所怀疑,那你就记住孩子和成年人不一样,他们想要快乐。所以他们依然有能力从最简单的事物中挖掘最大的快乐。
But imagining what might happen if one’s circumstances were different was the only sure route to madness.
但通往疯狂唯一确定的途径是:想象如果一个人的命运不同,会发生什么。
Silence can be a form of protest.It can be a means of survival.But it can also be a school of poetry—one with its own meter,tropes,and conventions.One that needn’t be written with pencils or pens;but that can be written in the soul with a revolver to the chest.
沉默可以是一种抗议,是一种存活下来的方式。但沉默也可以是一种派别的诗歌,有自己的韵律、修辞和传统手法。这种诗歌不需要用铅笔或钢笔来写,但能用胸前的左轮手枪写在灵魂里。
I assure you,my dear,were you to play the piano on the moon,I would hear every chord.
我向你保证,亲爱的,如果你在月球上弹钢琴,我会听到每一个和弦。
For after all,if attentiveness should be measured in minutes and discipline measured in hours,then indomitability must be measured in years.
因为毕竟,如果专注以分钟来衡量,自律以小时来衡量,那么不屈不挠就要以年来衡量。