“I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” In my mind there is nothing more powerful than that. The belief that you have the power to make things better, and if not, at least the will to trudge right on through to the other side. After the poem I also tell...
10. …revealed himself to be a master of the keyboard. 11. …knew him to be a man of integrity. 12. …discovered ￡20,000 worth of precious stones to be missing. 13. …thought it to be impossible,… 14. …understands it to be impossible… 15. …acknowledge many of their predictions...
The strenth of a family, like the strength of an army, is in its loyaltyto each other.——Mario Puzo家庭的力量,就像军队一样,来自彼此之间的忠诚。——马里奥·普佐So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.——Helen Keller只要我的心...
We, the rustling leaves, have a voice that answers the storms, but who are you so silent? I am a mere flower. 我们,沙沙作响的树叶,面对暴风雨时侃侃而谈。你是谁,这样一言不发? 我只是一朵花。 24 Rest belongs to the work as the eyelids to the eyes. 工作需要休息,正如眼睛需要眼皮。 25 ...
I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living. It is about this that I wish to speak to you. ‘Now, comrades, what is the ...
Stray birds of summer come to my window to sing and fly away. And yellow leaves of autumn, which have no songs, flutter and fall there with a sign. 2 世界上的一队小小的漂泊者呀,请留下你们的足印在我的文字里。 O Troupe of little vagrants of the world, leave your footprints in my word...
For myself I do not grumble, for I am one of the lucky ones. I am twelve years old and have had over four hundred children. Such is the natural life of a pig. But no animal escapes the cruel knife in the end. You young porkers who are sitting in front of me, every one of ...
I am impressed by the contrast and see it as a biblical allegory even Christ-like except Lennie has no mission to redeem. But he is a lamb led to slaughter. The story was so sad that I wanted to cry and I passionately wanted to scream and yell that it wasn’t fair for Lennie to ...
Well, perhaps I should say I’ve worked myself into a bit of a pickling frenzy. Recently, I have found myself with more veggies than I can utilise and unwilling to waste them, I have been looking for alternative uses. Watching MasterChef I had often wondered about the pickles that conte...
“I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. Suddenly you are five years old again. You can’t read anything, you have only the most rudimentary sense o