Your longing for closeness may, at times, lead you to believe that your situation might never end.

对于亲密感的渴望，有时候让你以为这种状况甚至不可能有终结的一天。

youdao

For ever writer kissed by fortune there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded.

每有一位为幸运之神所垂青而成为作家，就有数千人永远看不到自己的渴望得到回报。

youdao

For every writer kissed by fortune, there are thousands more whose longing is never requited.

受到幸运之神眷顾、一举成名的作家还是少数，更多的人壮志难酬。

youdao

This beautifully written book is powerfully evocative of the human cost of war and the longing for love that, despite the shooting and shelling, never fades.

ECONOMIST: New Arab fiction