《美食祈禱和戀愛》Chapter 59 (129):我想流浪
Tulsi's cousin who got married last week is only twenty-one, and her older sister is next on the marriage list at age twenty, which means there will be huge pressure after that for Tulsi herself to find a husband. I asked her if she wanted to ever get married and she said:
圖絲上週嫁人的堂姐才二十一歲，而圖絲二十歲的姐姐是下一個準備結婚的人，也就是說，在那之後，圖絲自己將面臨巨大的壓力，得爲自己找個老公。我問她是否想結婚，她說："Noooooooooooooooooooooo . . ."
“不……”And the word drew out longer than the sunset we were watching over the gardens.
這個字拖得很長，長過我們正在庭園欣賞的夕陽。
"I want to roam!" she said. "Like you."
“我想流浪！”她說，“像你一樣。”"You know, Tulsi, I couldn't always roam like this. I was married once."
“圖絲，你可知道，我不能一直這樣流浪。我從前結過婚。”She frowned at me through her cracked specs, studying me with a quizzical look, almost as if I'd just told her I'd once been a brunette and she was trying to imagine it. In the end, she pronounced: "You, married? I cannot picture this."
她透過破裂的眼鏡對我皺眉頭，帶着困惑的神情瞅着我，彷彿我剛剛跟她說從前我是褐發，而她嘗試去想象。最後她才脫口而出：“你結過婚？我完全無法想象！”"But it's true—I was."
“這是真的。我結過婚。”"Are you the one who ended the marriage?" "Yes."
“是你結束婚姻的？”“是的。”She said, "I think it's most commendable that you ended your marriage. You seem splendidly happy now. But as for me—how did I get here? Why was I born an Indian girl? It's outrageous! Why did I come into this family? Why must I attend so many weddings?"
她說：“我認爲能去結束自己的婚姻，很令人欽佩。你現在似乎快樂得很。至於我——我是怎麼來的？爲什麼我生來是印度姑娘？可恨！我爲何生在這個家庭？爲什麼得參加這麼多的婚禮？”Then Tulsi ran around in a frustrated circle, shouting (quite loudly for Ashram standards): "I want to live in Hawaii!!!" Eat, Pray, Love
而後，圖絲繞着圈跑，灰心喪氣地大叫（就道場的標準而言相當大聲）：“我想去夏威夷住!!!”
