時值盛夏,困在盆地的我們,時而擔心高溫曝曬,時而躲避午後陣雨,好熱,好悶,好濕,有時候都忘了夏天到底有什麼好。只有在遠離城市、遠離一成不變的工作生活時,我們才短暫地重新活過來,在夏天之中活過來。
雖然不能隨時去度假,但至少心中要時時保有一小片夏天。夏天對許多歌手、作家、藝術家來說,是靈感與生命力的來源,他們寫下關於夏天的語句,在煩悶時讀一讀,會讓你重新愛上夏天。
#1
“A little bit of summer’s what the whole year is all about.” – John Mayer
一點點夏天,就是一整年的意義。
#2
“If you’re not barefoot, then you’re overdressed.” – Unknown
如果你不是赤著腳,那你就是打扮過度了。
#3
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” – Henry James
夏天的午後—夏天的午後;對我來說,這兩個詞一直以來都是英語裡最美的兩個詞。
#4
“One must maintain a little bit of summer, even in the middle of winter.” – Henry David Thoreau
一個人即便在寒冬之中,也必須保有一點點的夏季在心裡頭。
#5
“Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” – John Lubbock
休息不是懶怠。在一個夏日裡,躺在草地的樹蔭下,耳裡聽著水聲低喃,或是看著雲朵從天空中飄過,這絕對不是一件浪費時間的事。
#6
“We might think we are nurturing our garden, but of course it’s our garden that is really nurturing us.” – Jenny Uglow
我們可能以為自己在照料我們的花園,但事實上當然是我們的花園在滋養著我們。
#7
“When the sun is shining I can do anything; no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult to overcome.” – Wilma Rudolph
太陽照耀的時候,我能做任何事;沒有太高的山,沒有太困難的麻煩。
#8
“I am more myself in a garden than anywhere else on earth.” – Don Green
我在花園裡,比在地球上任何一個地方都更像我自己。
#9
“Everything good, everything magical, happens between the months of June and August.”
所有美好的事情,奇妙的事情,都發生在六月到八月之間。
#10
“The summer night is like a perfection of thought.” – Wallace Stevens
夏季夜晚,就像一個臻於完美的思想。
#11
“One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by.” – Jeanette Walls
夏天的一個好處,就是每一天我們都有更多的光照時間來閱讀。
#12
“I know I am but summer to your heart, and not the full four seasons of the year.” – Edna St. Vincent Mallay
在你心中,我知道我不過是夏天,而不是一年裡完整的四個季節。
#13
“Some of the best memories are made in flip-flops.” – Kellie Elmore
有些最美好的記憶,都是穿著拖鞋時製造的。
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