I prefer movies.
我偏爱电影。
I prefer cats.
我偏爱猫。
I prefer the oaks along the Warta.
我偏爱华尔塔河沿岸的橡树。
I prefer Dickens to Dostoyevsky.
我偏爱狄更斯胜过陀思妥耶夫斯基。
I prefer myself liking people
我偏爱我对人群的喜欢
to myself loving mankind.
胜过我对人类的爱。
I prefer keeping a needle and thread on hand, just in case.
我偏爱在手边摆放针线，以备不时之需。
I prefer the color green.
我偏爱绿色。
I prefer not to maintain
我偏爱不抱持把一切
that reason is to blame for everything.
都归咎于理性的想法。
I prefer exceptions.
我偏爱例外。
I prefer to leave early.
我偏爱及早离去。
I prefer talking to doctors about something else.
我偏爱和医生聊些别的话题。
I prefer the old fine-lined illustrations.
我偏爱线条细致的老式插画。
I prefer the absurdity of writing poems
我偏爱写诗的荒谬
to the absurdity of not writing poems.
胜过不写诗的荒谬。
I prefer, where love&`&s concerned, nonspecific anniversaries
我偏爱，就爱情而言，可以天天庆祝的
that can be celebrated every day.
不特定纪念日。
I prefer moralists
我偏爱不向我做任何
who promise me nothing.
承诺的道德家。
I prefer cunning kindness to the over-trustful kind.
我偏爱狡猾的仁慈胜过过度可信的那种。
I prefer the earth in civvies.
我偏爱穿便服的地球。
I prefer conquered to conquering countries.
我偏爱被征服的国家胜过征服者。
I prefer having some reservations.
我偏爱有些保留。
I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
我偏爱混乱的地狱胜过秩序井然的地狱。
I prefer Grimms&`& fairy tales to the newspapers&`& front pages.
我偏爱格林童话胜过报纸头版。
I prefer leaves without flowers to flowers without leaves.
我偏爱不开花的叶子胜过不长叶子的花。
I prefer dogs with uncropped tails.
我偏爱尾巴没被截短的狗。
I prefer light eyes, since mine are dark.
我偏爱淡色的眼睛，因为我是黑眼珠。
I prefer desk drawers.
我偏爱书桌的抽屉。
I prefer many things that I haven&`&t mentioned here
我偏爱许多此处未提及的事物
to many things I&`&ve also left unsaid.
胜过许多我也没有说到的事物。
I prefer zeroes on the loose
我偏爱自由无拘的零
to those lined up behind a cipher.
胜过排列在阿拉伯数字后面的零。
I prefer the time of insects to the time of stars.
我偏爱昆虫的时间胜过星星的时间。
I prefer to knock on wood.
我偏爱敲击木头。
I prefer not to ask how much longer and when.
我偏爱不去问还要多久或什么时候。
I prefer keeping in mind even the possibility
我偏爱牢记此一可能——
that existence has its own reason for being.
存在的理由不假外求。