Reasons to Stay Alive 节选 11

"Reasons to Stay Alive" Quotes
By Matt Haig

节选自《活下去的理由》
作者：马特·海格

"What doesn't kill you very often makes you weaker. What doesn't kill you can leave you limping for the rest of your days. What doesn't kill you can make you scared to leave your house, or even your bedroom, and have you trembling, or mumbling incoherently, or leaning with your head on a window pane, wishing you could return to the time before the thing that didn't kill you."

那些没有杀死你的东西，往往会让你变得更脆弱。那些没有杀死你的东西，可能会让你在余生中一直跛行。那些没有杀死你的东西，可能会让你害怕走出家门，甚至不敢离开你的卧室，让你颤抖，或说话含糊不清，或把头靠在窗户上，渴望回到那件没有杀死你的事情发生之前的时光。

limp /lɪmp/
vi. 瘸着脚走，跛行

trembling /ˈtrem.blɪŋ/
adj. [before noun] 颤抖的，发抖的
adj. 抖动的，晃动的
n. [C or U] 颤抖，发抖
n. 抖动，晃动

mumble /ˈmʌm.b(ə)l/
vi. or vt. 含糊地说，咕哝

incoherently /ˌɪn.kəʊˈhɪə.rənt.li/
adv. 无条理的，语无伦次的
adv. 不连贯地，不合文理地

pane /peɪn/
n. [C] (窗或门上的）一块玻璃