亞特蘭大的樹洞

「太后，你太忠厚，他們那些個花樣，我說了你也不會信。 可有一件，」
懿貴太妃考慮一下問道：「『上諭』、『廷寄』，見了面就發了，倘有不妥之處，原可以硃筆改的，太后，你動得了筆嗎？」 
這似乎是有意揭短處，太后微感不快，略略脹紅了臉，搖著頭說：「我不成。你能行嗎？」 

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"His truth shall compass thee with a shield: thou shalt not be afraid of the terror of the night./Of the arrow that flieth in the day, of the business that walketh about in the dark: of invasion, or of the noonday demom" - "ab incrusus, et daemonio meridiano." Cassian presumed that "the terror of the night" refers to evil; "the arrow that flies in the day" to fiends that come in sleep; "invasion" to possession; and "the noonday demon" to melancholia, the thing that you can see clearly in the brightest part of the day but that nonetheless comes to wrench your soul away from God." p.292 ~ 293
"People who have been through a depression and are stabilized often have a heightened awareness of the joyfulness of everyday existence. They have a capacity for a kind of ready ecstasy and for an intense appreciation of all that is good in their life." p.434
The Noonday Demon： An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon

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"This girl's to be your queen," the Imp told Joffery. "Have you no regard for her honor?"
"I'm punishing her."
"For what crime? she did not fight her brother's battle."

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"Halibut's also good smoked. You wouldn't guess that, would you? Ron brines it and smokes it. Almost like smoked salmon, but not so strong. We'll even lay thin slices of halibut out in the sun and dry it just like that. Right out on the deck. It's good." Joan said
"Where'd you catch that fish?" I asked
"Just outwide the cove"

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     Keller was once well known for his temper. Many of the cooks who worked under him hated him. When one of his line cooks once complained about a late walk-ing, Keller fired the cook on the spot. You want to go home, go home, Keller said. The young cook pleaded and pleaded. But fired means fired.
     Reminded about his early days, he says "There comes a point when you've exhausted rational expression. And you've got to revert to more primitive means. But by then it's too late anyway."
     So now he uses calmer means to convey his anger or disapproval. Silence can be more effective than a scream. And he will get angry in his kitchen, but i never heard him raise his voice. His anger is concentrated and focused.

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"就像鏟雪一樣，只要下起雪來，我就會有效地把它鏟到路邊去。" p.31
"不過我還是盡我所能去做...這樣做并沒有得到特別的好評，也沒有人對我說什麼好話。我之所以會拼命這樣做，是因為這樣做對我來說最輕鬆。自我訓練。我想讓有一陣子沒有運作的手指和頭腦盡量多用在實際性 - 而且盡可能無意義的 - 事物方面。
重返社會。" p.33

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在李鴻章所撥借的炮隊協攻之下，曾國荃所部在五月底攻占了“龍膊子”，其地在江宁城外東北的鐘山之巔，居高臨下，俯瞰全城。此地一失，“忠王”李秀成束手 無策了。曾國荃用兵，獨得一“韌”字；苦苦圍困到這般地步，要韌出頭了，更不肯絲毫怠慢，下令各營，由四面收束，直往里逼，逼近城下，晝夜猛攻。而真正的 作用是，借無時或已的炮聲，遮掩他掘地道的聲響。
　　金陵圍了兩年，曾國荃從朝陽門到鐘阜門，挖過三下多處地道，有時是“落磐”，挖地道的士兵隨死隨埋，叢葬其中；有時是為長毛所發覺，煙熏水澆，死者論 百計。有一次快成功了，地道內的士兵，忽然發現一枝長矛刺了下來；其實是長毛行軍休息，隨意將矛一插，而官軍輕躁沒腦筋，使勁將那枝矛往下拉，長毛始而大 駭，繼而大喜，掘地痛擊，功敗垂成，死了四百人之多；都是朱洪章的部下。
　　朱洪章是貴州人，也是曾國荃部下高級將領中，唯一的非湖南人。因為孤立其間，不能不格外賣力，免得遭受排擠。曾國荃亦很看重他，一直保到提督銜記名總兵，派他經理營務處。此時再挖地道，由他与記名提督河南歸德鎮總兵李臣典共同負責。

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