光棍节必备：致单身狗的11条明星语录

 　　1. Sex and the City

　　《欲望都市》

　　Being single is getting over the illusion¹ that there is somebody out there to complete you and taking charge of your own life.

　　以为总有一个人来让你的人生完整，来征服你的全部生命，这只是种幻想！只有保持单身，你才能走出这样的幻觉。

　　2. Mindy Kaling

　　敏迪·卡灵

　　How wrong it is for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself.

　　女人总是期待着有一个男人来为她建造一个她想要的世界，而不是自己创造这样的世界，真是大错特错！

　　3. Eric Dickerson

　　迪克森

　　You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial² in a life is the relationship to the self. Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never lose.

　　你不需要被爱，不需要以丧失你自己为代价的被爱。一生中唯一最重要、最核心的关系就是你与自己的关系。在你一生结识的所有人中，只有自己是你永远不会失去的人。

　　4. Jason Derulo

　　杰森·德鲁罗

　　I really enjoy being single again. I spent a lot of time in a relationship and the nearer we came to the end, the more difficult it got. You don't see things clearly as long as you're still involved.

　　我非常高兴我又恢复单身了。为了感情我付出了很多时间，可是双方越是靠近，感情就越是难以维系。越是深陷其中，越是无法理性判断。

　　5. Dido Armstrong

　　蒂朵

　　You are terrifying, and strange, and beautiful. Something not everyone knows how to love.

　　你很美、很古怪、霸气侧漏，所以，不是所有人都懂得如何爱你。

　　6. Voltaire

　　伏尔泰

　　We did not come to remain whole.

　　人生而非为自保完全，

　　We came to lose our leaves like the trees,

　　生的意义是失去，如同树失其叶，

　　Trees that start again.

　　再像树那样重生。

　　7. Graham Greene

　　格雷厄姆·格林

　　To love blindly is to love selfishly, because the goal of such love is not the real advantage of the beloved³ but only the exercise of love in our own souls.

　　盲目的爱是自私的爱，这种爱的最终目的不是为了被爱者更好，而是倾泻我们自己心中的爱情。

　　8. Henry David Thoreau

　　梭罗

　　I regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world operates according to different rules than my regular human world.

　　我觉得浪漫喜剧是科幻片的一个分支，这个虚构世界的运行规律与我所熟知的寻常世界是不同的。

　　9. Mindy Kaling

　　敏迪·卡灵

　　Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go.

　　有人认为，坚持不放手会使我们更坚强，可是我认为有时应该选择放弃。

　　10. Hermann Hesse

　　赫尔曼·黑塞

　　I like being single, I'm always there when I need me.

　　我喜欢保持单身，当我需要自己的时候，我会陪在自己身边。

　　11. Delta⁴ Burke

　　德尔塔·伯克

　　This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.

　　心痛不失为一件好事，因为这意味着我们曾为某样东西奋力拼搏过。

1 illusion   

n.幻想，错误的观念，错觉，幻觉，假象

参考例句：

• The sun appears to go round the Earth,but it's an illusion.太阳看起来好像绕着地球转，但这只是个错觉。
• They were under the illusion that the company was doing well.他们误以为该公司生意很好。

2 crucial   

adj.极重要的，决定性的，关键性的

参考例句：

• It's a crucial decision.这是一个极其重要的决定。
• The foreign market was increasingly crucial.国外市场越来越重要了。

3 beloved   

adj./n.受爱戴的，敬爱的；爱人，被心爱的人

参考例句：

• She longs for the early return of her beloved.她盼着心上人早日归来。
• She is Tom's beloved wife.她是汤姆的爱妻。

4 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。