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I find out that after a person abandon the burden to leave a good impression on other people, it turns out that you can feel so steady and sure in your heart. When a person no longer needs to ingratiate himself with others, he can stop being cumbered like me at the moment.
我發現一個人在放棄給別人留好印象的負擔之後，原來心裡會如此踏實。一個人不必再討人歡喜，就可以像我此刻這樣，停止受累。
—— 嚴歌苓《無出路咖啡館》
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No matter what kind of love you expect, there will certainly be an uninteresting everyday life waiting for the couples after they are united in wedlock. But love stories never describe this part. Because of lack of description, everybody has misunderstood the true essence of love.
無論什麼樣的戀愛，等待著結合後的兩人的，都一定是無趣的日常，但戀愛故事從來不描寫這部分。因為不描寫，所以每個人都誤會愛情了。
—— 京極夏彥
ღThe purpose of maturity is not to go into complexity, but to arrive at innocence. It doesn’t mean that innocent people haven’t seen the darkness of the world. On the contrary, it’s just because they have seen the complication of the world that they can know the good aspects of innocence.
成熟不是為了走向複雜，而是為了抵達天真。天真的人，不代表沒有見過世界的黑暗，恰恰因為見到過，才知道天真的好。
—— 三毛
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Always being happy is the most important thing in the world, so 『three matters』 are very important. Which are the 『three matters』? They are: What does it matter to me? What does it matter to you? What does it matter to him?
做人最重要就是開心，所以「三關」很重要。哪「三關」呢？關我什麼事？關你什麼事？關他什麼事？
—— 耀一
ღWe tend to meet the right person a bit late, but it’s better not be too late. I hope that when you appear, we have been mature enough to rationally plan for the future of each other but meanwhile young enough to understand the meaning of encountering and to shed tears of gratitude.
對的人要晚一點遇到，但是也不要太晚，希望你出現的時候，我們已經成熟到可以理智地計劃彼此的未來，也年輕到對遇見和了解，依然懷有熱淚盈眶的感激。
I sincerely hope that you can remember how precious you are when you are discouraged by the viciousness and I also truly beg you that you can believe how special you are and love who you really love, do what you should do, follow your heart without caring about practical gains or loss.
願你在被打擊時，記起你的珍貴，抵擋惡意；願你在迷茫時，堅信你的珍貴，愛你所愛，行你所行，聽從你心，無問西東。
——句《無問西東》
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I wish that in your dreams you have fragrance of flowers, warble of birds, sunshine and shade of trees. There is a person looking tenderly at you when you are looking at the sceneries. You love everything in the world, while he loves you as much as he loves everything on earth.
願你的夢裡，有花香，有鳥鳴，有陽光也有樹蔭，有一個人，在你看風景的時候，溫柔地看著你。你愛著世間萬物，而他如愛著世間萬物般愛著你。
Afterwards I began to understand that in order to live a simple, comfortable and unrestrained life, the precondition is still that you must make enough money to set your mind at rest. The world is realistic. Only your efforts and you self can make it soft and gentle.
後來我才明白，要過上簡單，安逸，自由的生活，前提依然是得賺到足夠令你安心的錢。這個世界是現實的，只有你用努力和自我，令它柔軟。
——句 楊昌溢
Easily believe what others tell you, let forbiddance obstruct your vision, make many rules and limits for yourself, and live a dull life accepted through common practice. I name all these doings second-hand life and I don’t want to live a second-hand life.
輕易聽信別人告訴你的，讓禁忌阻礙你的視野，給自己定下條條框框，過約定俗成的生活，我把這叫做二手生活。我不過二手生活。