Reading

 1. To the Lighthouse 《到燈塔去》‑ Virginia Woolf 吳爾芙

原文摘錄：What is the meaning of life? … Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark.

中文：生命的意義究竟是什麼？……其實，世間有的只是那些微小的日常奇蹟、頓悟，彷彿黑暗之中偶然擦亮的火柴。

English: What is the meaning of life? … Instead there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark.

Português‑PT: Qual é o sentido da vida? … Em seu lugar existem pequenos milagres quotidianos, clarões, fósforos acesos inesperadamente na escuridão.

2. The Myth of Sisyphus 《西西弗斯神話》‑ Albert Camus 卡繆

原文摘錄：The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

中文：向高處攀登的這份搏鬥本身，就足以填滿一個人的內心。我們必須設想，西西弗斯是幸福的。

English: The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

Português‑PT: A própria luta rumo às alturas basta para encher o coração de um homem. É preciso imaginar Sísifo feliz.

3. The Old Wives’ Tale 《老婦人的故事》‑ Arnold Bennett 貝內特

原文摘錄：There is an extreme pathos in the mere fact that every stout ageing woman was once a young girl with the unique charm of youth.

中文：每一位步入年華的婦人，曾經都是獨具青春魅力的少女，僅僅這個事實，便飽含深沉的愴然。

English: There is an extreme pathos in the mere fact that every stout ageing woman was once a young girl with the unique charm of youth.

Português‑PT: Há uma profunda comoção no simples facto de que cada mulher envelhecida foi, uma vez, uma jovem donzela com o encanto único da juventude.

4. Montaigne’s Essays 《蒙田隨筆‑論孤獨》‑ Michel de Montaigne 蒙田

原文摘錄：We must reserve a back shop all our own entirely free, in which to establish our real liberty and our principal retreat and solitude.

中文：我們應當為自己保留一方完全屬於自己的隱密空間，在那裡安放真正的自由，做為主要的退居與獨處之所。

English: We must reserve a back shop all our own entirely free, in which to establish our real liberty and our principal retreat and solitude.

Português‑PT: Devemos reservar‑nos um recanto inteiramente nosso, onde estabelecer a nossa verdadeira liberdade, o nosso principal refúgio e solidão.

5. Somewhere Towards the End 《暮色將近》‑ Diana Athill 戴安娜‧阿西爾

原文摘錄：I have never enjoyed myself so comfortably and so continuously as I do now.

中文：我這一生從未像如今這樣，如此從容、長久地享受自我。

English: I have never enjoyed myself so comfortably and so continuously as I do now.

Português‑PT: Nunca desfrutei de mim‑mesma de forma tão serena e prolongada como agora.