The longing heart accumulates desires that become in time a kind of volatile waste, which can't be contained.

渴望的心聚集欲望,假以时日便成了,会挥发不能抑制的废物。

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to pull from anything that inspires me, you know.

挥发我所有的灵感，你知道。

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You're familiar with this, if I had a jar of acetone or some kind of a volatile liquid, let's say I have perfume.

举个常见的例子,假如你有一瓶丙酮或者其它挥发性液体,就说香水吧

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