tremulous: (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear synonym:quivering
anticipation: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the fulture) / something expected(as on the basis of norm)
dread: v. -be afraid or scared of be frightened of; noun-fearful expectation or anticipation
...mixed grill of ....and.... ...同时拥有着...和....的情绪
compile: vt. put together out of existing material
to be sure: 诚然，的确，哎呀（表惊奇）
think of...as being.... 把...当成....
句子：I can't help mentioning that it might have been helpfull if I hadn't followed the skin care of '60 (which) involved getting as much sun as possible (while) slathered in baby oil and basking in the glow of a tinfoil reflector shield.
throes: noun violent pangs of suffering
doomed: people who are destined to die soon
overwhelmed: charge someone with many tasks
beleaguer: surround so as to force to give up +ed
unfathomably: impossible to come to understand adj. unfathomable
incarnational: the act of attributing human characteristics to abstract ideas
simultaneously: at the same instant
swirl： +ed; the shape of something rotating rapidly
serenity: a disposition free from stress or emotion
resent: feel bitter or indignant about
run alongside ...... with sunscreen and chapstick 为....遮风挡雨
the sunny side of .... : ....的褒义词
Don't get our help and goodness all over everybody.
It will only make you worse than you already are. 这只会让你感到雪上加霜。
ca-ta-stro-phe:an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
de-te-rio-rating: deteriorate verb. grow worse
run out of any more..... 已经没有什么....
radical: adj. 激进的，彻底的；noun. the form of a word after all affixes are removed
being full of affection for .... 包容....
tug on the sleeves of your heart 牵扯你的内心
bust ... (gently) of the fantasy
句子：So can singing in a choir or a bluegrass band. So can painting community murals or birding or fostering old dogs (that no one else will).
be an intimate part of .... 是...密不可分的一部分
against all odds: 克服一切困难，出乎所有人的意料而完成某事
... bat(s) last. ...总是与我们相伴。
animating intelligence: 朝气蓬勃的智慧
bitterly bump into the wall 四处碰壁
the people you cannot live without 至亲的人
No matter what the culture says 不管老话怎么说
a lifelong nightmare of home-sick-ness for you
Leonard Cohen: there are cracks in everything, and that's how the light gets in.
Ram Dass: when all is said and done, we're really just all walking each other home.
No. 1---The first and truest thing is that all truth is a paradox.
No. 2--- Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes.
No. 3----There is almost nothing outside of you that will help in any kind of lasting way, unless you're waiting for an organ.
No. 4---- Everyone is screwed up, broken, clingy and scared, even the people who seem to have it most together.
No. 5--- Chocolate with 75 percent cacao is not actually a food.
No. 6---Every writer you know writes really terrible first drafts, but they keep their but in the chair.
No. 7---Publication and temporary creative successes are something you have to recover from.
No. 8 ---Families are hard, hard, hard, no matter how cherished and astonishing they may also be.
No. 11-God just means goodness.
