喜歡她的人叫她「師太」，也有人誇張地稱她為「現代都會女郎的教母」，她是我們這個時代華語文學的奇蹟。
不知道現在還有多少人讀亦舒，亦舒不寫小女人，她筆下的女主角都堅強、自信、深通人情事故、甚至強勢到讓人覺得有些殘忍。亦舒的故事，是一個女孩長成女人的必經之路，是擺脫王子公主童話迷夢的當頭棒喝。曾有人說「香港有亦舒、臺灣有瓊瑤」。瓊瑤的寶貝兒們多是長不大的小女生，而亦舒筆下的女人才是真正的女人。
A real graceful lady never shows off what she has. She would never tell people what books she has read, where she has been, how many clothes she has, or what jewellery she got. Because she has no sense of inferiority.
真正有氣質的淑女，從不炫耀她所擁有的一切。她不告訴人她讀過什麼書，去過什麼地方，有多少件衣服，買過什麼珠寶，因為她沒有自卑感。——《圓舞》
The grievances can be told is not real grievances; The lover can be stolen is not a real lover.
能夠說出的委屈，便不算委屈；能夠搶走的愛人，便不算愛人。——《開到荼蘼》
No matter what you do, remember you do it for yourself, then you have nothing to complain.
無論做什麼，記得為自己而做，那就毫無怨言。——《流金歲月》
Too often, people only believe what they want to believe.
人們往往只相信他們願意相信的事。——《舊歡如夢》
The most stupid thing is to show off your self-esteem before money and love.
在金錢與愛情面前賣弄自尊，是最愚蠢的事。——《我的前半生》
In your life, there will be at least one time that you forget yourself for someone, asking for no result, no company, no ownership, even nor love. But just ask for meeting you in my best ages.
一生至少該有一次，為了某個人而忘了自己，不求有結果，不求同行，不求曾經擁有，甚至不求你愛我。只求在我最美的年華裡，遇到你。
I love and am used to keeping distance from those changed things. Only in this way can I know what will not be abandoned by time. For example, when you love someone, changes are all around. I step backward and watch it silently, then I see the true feelings.
我喜歡並習慣了對變化的東西保持著距離，這樣才會知道什麼是最不會被時間拋棄的準則。比如愛一個人，充滿變數，我於是後退一步，靜靜的看著，直到看見真誠的感情。
When you are young, you may want several love experiences. But as time goes on, you will realize that if you really love someone, the whole life will not be enough. You need time to know, to forgive and to love. All this needs a very big mind.
年輕的時候會想要談很多次戀愛，但是隨著年齡的增長，終於領悟到愛一個人，就算用一輩子的時間，還是會嫌不夠。慢慢地去了解這個人，體諒這個人，直到愛上為止，是需要有非常寬大的胸襟才行。
Is there anyone who hasn't suffered for the secret love? We always think that love could be the heaviest thing in the world. But one day, when you look back, you suddenly realize that it's always light. We all thought love was very deep, but in fact it's very thin. The deepest and heaviest love must grow up with the time.
有誰不曾為那暗戀而痛苦？我們總以為那份痴情很重，很重，是世上最重的重量。有一天，暮然回首，我們才發現，它一直都是很輕，很輕的。我們以為愛的很深，很深，來日歲月，會讓你知道，它不過很淺，很淺。最深和最重的愛，必須和時日一起成長。
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（來源：北外網院 編輯：Julie）