夫妻為太陽燈吵翻：the Picasso of passive-aggressive karate

There is no fire. Maybe if you were here more, then there wouldn't have been a fire in the first place.

沒有火。也許你要是多在家待著，本來就不會起火。 把假設變成指責：不直接罵你，卻句句說你不在。

I thought you were mysterious, like my mother, until it turned out that "mysterious" just meant "depressed," all right'? "Hard to reach."

我原以為你像我媽一樣神秘，後來才發現“神秘”只是“抑鬱”的體面說法，好吧？“難以接近。” 把好聽的標籤當場拆穿，自嘲又扎心。

We fight and we fuck and that's what we do. That's our thing.

我們吵架、上床，這就是我們的相處方式。這就是我們倆的事。 粗話與親暱並置，把一段關係的死迴圈說透。

She was the Picasso of passive-aggressive karate.

她是被動攻擊式空手道界的畢加索。 用畫家名字包裝陰招，損人又精準。

She was better than any con artist I ever met, including myself, and she had me like nobody had me.

她比我見過的任何騙子都高明，包括我自己；沒人像她那樣把我拿捏住。 自認騙子還甘拜下風，愛意和服氣混在一起。

You might say she was my karma for how I took advantage of people.

你可以說，她是我佔別人便宜招來的報應。 把伴侶說成因果報應，怨氣裡帶一點認命。