人類所有的不幸都源自於無法在一個房間內靜坐獨處。 ——布萊茲.帕斯卡 All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit quiet in a room alone. —Blaise Pascal 1623–1662
孤獨是件好事,但你需要有人告訴你,說孤獨是件好事。 ——尚路易.貴茲.德.巴爾劄剋,《基督教及道德文集》 Solitude is fine but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine. — Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac 1597–1654 : Dissertations chrétiennes et morales
抽菸是必要的,如果你無人可吻。 ——佛洛伊德,一八八四年一月二十二日信件 Smoking is indispensable if one has nothing to kiss. —Sigmund Freud 1856–1939 : Letter January 22, 1884
我從未愛過。我曾日夜夢想著愛,然而,我的心猶如一架細緻的鋼琴,無人能彈奏,因為那琴鍵已遺失。 ——契訶夫《三姊妹》 I’ve never been in love. I’ve dreamt of it day and night, but my heart is like a fine piano no one can play because the key is lost. —Anton Chekhov 1860–1904 : The Three Sisters
孤獨有雙如絲般柔軟的手,但它用有力的手指,掐著你的心,讓你的心與悲傷一起疼痛。 ——紀伯倫《摺翼》 Solitude has soft, silky hands, but with strong fingers it grasps the heart and makes it ache with sorrow. —Kahlil Gibran 1883–1931 : The Broken Wings
忘記朋友是件傷心的事。不是每個人都曾有過朋友。 ——聖修伯裏《小王子》 To forget a friend is sad. Not everyone has had a friend. —Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 1900–1944 : The Little Prince