动情，是我生命中唯一的宿命。

Passion is the only destiny in my life.

1. 我们每一个人，都希望自己是爱情里的王子和公主，有人宠着照顾着呵护着。被爱，被暖暖地爱着，是每一颗心灵深处最本真的渴望。

1. Each and every one of us hopes to be the prince or princess in love, cherished, cared for, and protected. To be loved, to be warmly loved, is the most genuine longing deep within every soul.

2. 秋天来了，那片片飘落的不是黄叶，而是一段段的为的舞动你的记忆。

2. Autumn has arrived, and the falling leaves are not yellow ones, but segments that dance to stir your memories.

3. 这世间没有卑微的爱情，貌似卑微不过是因爱你太多罢了，在最终化为无言里，没有成全、没有怨恨、也没有祝福，只有一抹凄凉的眼神，在风中飘散。

3. There is no humble love in this world. What seems humble is merely because I love you too much. In the end, it turns into silence, without fulfillment, without resentment, and without blessings. Only a trace of melancholic gaze, drifting away in the wind.

4. 爱情远没有咖啡那么苦涩，关键是喝它的人怎么品味。每个人都喜欢和向往随心所欲的爱情，殊不知随心所欲根本不是爱情，只有轮回继续转。把一切泪水留给昨天，把所有烦恼抛向未来，开怀一笑，把它当作甜蜜的创伤，把它当作美丽的痕迹。因为没人值得你流泪，值得你流泪的人就不会让你哭泣。

4. Love is far less bitter than coffee, the key is how the drinker tastes it. Everyone likes and yearns for love that is free and easy, yet they do not realize that being free and easy is not love at all; it is only a cycle that continues to turn. Leave all your tears to yesterday, cast all your worries into the future, laugh heartily, treat it as a sweet wound, as a beautiful scar. Because no one is worth your tears, and the one who is worth your tears will not let you cry.

5. 即使再伤心，也不要死心，因为，你的妻子还在下一个路口等着你给她送去最深的温柔。

5. Even if you are deeply hurt, do not lose heart, for your wife is still waiting for you at the next intersection, ready to receive the deepest tenderness you can offer.

6. 在一往情深的日子里，谁能说得清，什么是甜、什么是苦？只知道，确定了就义无返顾。要输就输给追求，要嫁就嫁给幸福。

6. On the days of deep affection, who can tell what is sweet and what is bitter? Only that, once determined, one is unhesitant. To lose is to lose to the pursuit, to marry is to marry happiness.

7. 随着时间的推移，我们慢慢变得陌生。

7. Over time, we have slowly become strangers.

8. 人生就像一场舞会，教会你最初舞步的人，未必能陪你走到散场。

8. Life is like a dance party, and the person who teaches you your first steps may not necessarily accompany you to the end.

9. 在这个纷绕的世俗世界里，能够学会用一颗平常的心去对待周围的一切，也是一种境界。

9. In this chaotic secular world, learning to treat everything around us with a calm and ordinary heart is also a level of accomplishment.

10. 誓要爱，今生今世不离分！

10. Vows to love, never to part in this life and the next!

11. 即使是最小的茅屋，对一对恋人来说也有足够的空间。

11. Even the smallest thatched cottage is sufficient space for a pair of lovers.

12. 你说过我是你的唯一，可你你却找了唯二，三，四。

12. You said that I was your one and only, but yet you found two, three, and four others.

13. 看到周围的每一个角落，都有你与我的故事，慢慢品尝我们之间的爱与恨。我想你给我一个放心的地方。

13. Seeing every corner around me filled with our stories, we slowly savor the love and hate between us. I want you to give me a place of peace.

14. 如果爱上一个人，请不要炫耀，也不要宣扬，只管安安静静的去爱。因为恋爱是自己的事情，别人不可能懂你的感情，也不可能感同身受你的悸动。千万不要因为虚荣心而炫耀。晒恩爱的结局往往都不太好。其实最好的爱情，无非是几十年风轻云淡的在一起。时间是爱情最好的证明。

14. If you fall in love with someone, please do not boast or publicize it; just quietly go about loving them. Because love is your own matter, others cannot understand your feelings, nor can they empathize with the fluttering in your chest. Never boast out of vanity. The outcome of showing off love is often not good. In fact, the best love is simply spending several decades together with ease and tranquility. Time is the best proof of love.

15. 现实中遇到的爱情，不是甜的发腻，就是苦得心酸，而我更渴望平平淡淡。

15. The love encountered in reality is either too sweet to the point of being cloying, or too bitter to the point of being heart-wrenching, but what I long for is the simplicity and tranquility.

16. 每天用你最喜欢的方式做你最喜欢的事情，这是一种莫大的幸福。然后，每天重复这种快乐的做事方式和做事心情，久而久之，形成习惯。天长日久，这种习惯就会成为性格，性格决定命运。性格不是天生的，性格就是这样培养出来的。所以，要让你的命运出现转机，就要找到自己最喜欢的事情。

16. Doing what you love most in the way you like best every day is a great happiness. Then, repeat this happy way of doing things and this mood every day. Over time, it will become a habit. In the long run, this habit will become part of your character, and character determines fate. Character is not innate; it is cultivated this way. Therefore, to turn your fate around, you must find what you love most.

17. 远方的你可否知道，想见你的心情时刻围绕着我，虽然你说你真的爱我，但我更需要的是你在我身边。

17. Do you know far away, the longing to see you is always surrounding me. Though you say you truly love me, what I need more than anything is to have you by my side.

18. 如果这一辈子只能爱一个人，我希望是你；如果要给我爱你加一个期限，我希望是一辈子；在4月12日这一天，我要对你说：我会爱你一生一世。412誓要爱，生命不息，爱你不止！

18. If I can only love one person in this lifetime, I hope it's you; if I have to set a deadline for loving you, I hope it's forever; on this day of April 12th, I want to tell you: I will love you for all eternity. Vow to love on 412, as long as life goes on, my love for you will never cease!

19. 你会在某时怀念所有的往昔，正如你在某天是厌恶全部的过去。开始的开始总是甜蜜的，后来就有了厌倦习惯背弃寂寞绝望和冷笑。曾几何时，在一段短暂的时光里，我们以为自己深深的爱着的一个人。后来，我们才知道，那不是爱，那只是对自己说谎。

19. There will be times when you will miss all the past, just as there will be days when you are disgusted with all the past. The beginning is always sweet, and then we get accustomed to boredom, desertion, loneliness, despair, and sarcasm. At one time, for a brief period, we thought we were deeply in love with someone. Later, we realized that it was not love; it was just lying to ourselves.

20. 当有一天，你回过头来，终会发现，留在原地静静等待你的，始终有我安静的笑容。

20. When the day comes that you look back, you will always find my quiet smile waiting for you, right where you left it.

21. 偶尔遇见你，我就茶饭不思，人比黄花还瘦;自从认识你，我就白日做梦，天天想入非非;开始爱上你，我就命中注定是劫数难逃;但是我愿意一辈子都被你套牢!

21. Occasionally encountering you, I lose my appetite for tea and rice, looking thinner than a withered chrysanthemum; since I've known you, I dream in the daytime, constantly lost in daydreams; when I began to love you, it was fated that I couldn't escape misfortune; but I am willing to be chained to you for a lifetime!

22. 在人生中的某些时刻，体会过极致的压抑，炸裂的开心，现在只想要我的每天，不困不丧，开心平常。

22. At certain moments in life, I've experienced extreme oppression and explosive happiness. Now, all I want for each day is to be free from fatigue and melancholy, to be content with the ordinary.

23. 我们结婚吧，好不好？那样我们就可以不再对着电话诉说想念，就可以每天清晨起来看见你的睡脸，然后一起吃一顿不太丰盛却很温暖的早餐。我们结婚吧，好不好？那样我们就可以拿着民政局发的红色小本子四处炫耀，我们可以在房间里挂满结婚照，看着看着就会不自觉的微笑。我们结婚吧。

23. Let's get married, okay? That way, we won't have to express our longing over the phone anymore; we can wake up every morning to see your sleeping face, and then have a simple but warm breakfast together. Let's get married, okay? That way, we can proudly show off the red little book issued by the civil affairs office; we can hang our wedding photos all over the room, and just looking at them will make us unconsciously smile. Let's get married.

24. 不要过份在意一些人，如果有人问起，就说忘了。不解释，不悲伤。

24. Don't be overly concerned about some people. If someone asks, just say you've forgotten. Don't explain, don't feel sad.

25. 我们不能保证每一段爱情的永恒，但最起码能保证它的真诚。爱情不是一片树叶，不会一吹就跑掉，所以当你遇到爱情的时候，尽管去逮住它。也不要害怕被爱情拒绝，哪一段青春不会经历伤痛，哪一段爱情不因此而深刻。被拒绝了又怎样，下一段爱情还在路上，不敢面对爱情的人亦不配拥有爱情。

25. We cannot guarantee the eternity of every love, but at least we can ensure its sincerity. Love is not a leaf that can be blown away, so when you encounter love, go ahead and seize it. Do not be afraid of being rejected by love either; every youth goes through pain, and every love becomes profound because of it. What if you are rejected? The next love is still on its way. A person who is afraid to face love does not deserve to have love.

26. 我们就是幸福的一体；以后我老了你也不能嫌弃我，要知道我们的诺言；即使老了我们也要天天锻炼，天天微笑。

26. We are one in happiness; when I grow old, you must not reject me, remember our promises; even when we are old, we should exercise and smile every day.

27. 我们都善于鄙视别人的幼稚，却不曾直视过自己的自私。

27. We are all good at looking down on others' immaturity, but have never directly faced our own selfishness.

28. 要学会独立行走，它能让你的路走得更坦然一些。

28. Learn to walk independently, as it will make your journey more relaxed.

29. 一次次的抒写伤怀，总有一种情缘，无法用语言述清。润泽柔软的情感，总会让人莫名的疼痛，我不知道远方有多远，天之涯的深处，是否会有温暖的牵念在指尖熟捻。但我会把这思念幻化成隽永婉约的小诗，慢慢的咀嚼，期望你能收到到远方城市的想念，与我携一段尘缘，守候陌上花开。

29. Time and again, I pour out my sorrow, and there is always a kind of emotional bond that cannot be expressed in words. The soft, nurturing emotions always cause an inexplicable ache. I don't know how far away the distant lands are, or if at the depths of the heavens, there might be a warm, tender thought woven between the tips of fingers. But I will transform this longing into a poetic, delicate piece, slowly savoring it, hoping you can receive the longing from the faraway city, sharing a bit of our dusty destiny, and waiting for the flowers to bloom on the path.

30. 爱是一种感受即使痛苦也会觉得幸福爱是一种体会即使心碎也会觉得甜蜜爱是一种经历即使破碎也会觉得美丽。

30. Love is a feeling that makes happiness even in pain, a sense that makes sweetness even in heartbreak, and an experience that makes beauty even in ruins.

31. 不愿遇见成为一份遗憾，不愿爱恋成为一片灰暗，不愿蜜语成为一种负担，不愿誓言成为一纸空谈，愿亲爱的你和我一样，享受甜美的相思，每一个岁岁年年!

31. Not wanting to meet you becomes a regret, not wanting love to turn into a dark shadow, not wanting sweet words to become a burden, not wanting promises to be empty talk. I wish the dear you and I can enjoy the sweet longing, every year and every season!

32. 爱情是容易被怀疑的幻觉，一旦被识破就自动灰飞烟灭。

32. Love is an easily suspect illusion that dissipates into thin air the moment it is uncovered.

33. 两个相爱的人之间发生了矛盾，第一个转身的人就是他们感情上的天使，但记得，如果总是一个人转身的话，天使也会疲倦的

33. When a conflict arises between two lovers, the first one to turn away is their angel in matters of love, but remember, if one person always turns away, the angel will also grow weary.

34. 多少情人沉浸在欢乐里，而我不能，和你在一起。无穷哀怨藏于心坎底，不想再听什么大道理！我只知道，我爱你，想你。

34. How many lovers are immersed in joy, but I cannot, not with you. Endless grievances are buried deep within my heart, and I no longer want to hear any grand theories! I only know that I love you, and I miss you.

35. 做完了家务，妈妈突然问我最近咋不见刘颖了我敷衍道忙吧妈妈似乎感到了什么，责备我肯定是你不好好对人家，吵架了唉，我还能说什么呢。

35. After finishing the household chores, Mom suddenly asked me why I hadn't seen Liu Ying recently. I casually replied that she must be busy. Mom seemed to sense something and scolded me, "Surely you haven't been treating her well, you two must have had a fight." What can I say to that?

36. 为我爱的人唱一首歌，一首只属于你的歌;从日出唱到日暮，甜蜜音符一生都不会重复;为我爱的人唱一首歌，一首只属于我们的歌;从今生唱到来世，真诚演绎永远都不会落幕!

36. Sing a song for the one I love, a song that belongs only to you; sing from dawn to dusk, the sweet notes of a life that will never repeat; sing a song for the one I love, a song that is ours alone; sing from this life to the next, sincerely performing a show that will never close!

37. 我想拥抱你！但是，你看看我现在的情况！合适吗？不要在冲动的时候伤害最爱你的人！ 别用坏脾气把身边的人逼走后再喊自己没人关心没人疼！那样不单是你日子不好过，痛苦的还有别人！

37. I want to hug you! But, look at my situation now! Is it appropriate? Don't hurt the person who loves you the most out of impulse! Don't drive away the people around you with your bad temper and then cry about no one caring for you or comforting you! That's not just a tough life for you; it also brings pain to others!

38. 爱情不只是月夜里并肩散步，更是风雨中的携手同行。

38. Love is not just strolling side by side under the moonlight, but also holding hands and walking together through the storms.

39. 浪漫是什么？如果两人彼此倾心相爱，什么事都不做，静静相对都会感觉是浪漫的。

39. What is romance? If two people are deeply in love with each other, even if they do nothing but sit quietly together, it will feel romantic.

40. 爱情是一种彼此间的爱慕，需要两个人之间的情感交流和互动。爱情是需要勇气的，如果你真的希望获得这份爱情，就应该勇敢地、主动地向她表白。412誓要爱，请把你的爱说出来！

40. Love is a mutual admiration between two people, requiring emotional communication and interaction between them. Love requires courage, and if you truly hope to attain this love, you should bravely and proactively declare your feelings to her. 412 Vow to Love, let your love be expressed!

41. 直到遇见了你，我才感受到自己的存在，一直舍不得离开你，虽然你说的如此坚决。

41. It was only when I met you that I felt my own existence, and I have never been able to bear the thought of leaving you, though you have said it so resolutely.

42. 当自己觉得没意思的时候，想哭的时候，回头看一下，我又有什么资格了，一个人没人关心，没人爱，更没人疼，也没有人给我肩膀和拥抱。还是笑着过吧

42. When I feel bored and want to cry, I look back and think, what qualifications do I have? I am alone, with no one to care for, love, or comfort me, and no one to give me a shoulder or an embrace. Let's just keep smiling through it.

43. 爱情是一个精心设计的谎言。

43. Love is a carefully designed lie.

44. 遇到你之前，我以为我一个人就可以熬过一生。

44. Before meeting you, I thought I could make it through life all by myself.

45. 所谓人生，无非是一个不断丧失的过程。很宝贵的东西，会一个接一个，像梳子豁了齿一样，从你手中滑落下去。

45. What we call life is nothing but a continuous process of loss. Precious things will slip away one after another, just like the teeth of a comb falling out.

46. 所有回忆，我都想毫不留情的扔进过往里。因为只要思绪落在上面，我就会忍不住疯狂的想你。

46. I want to throw all the memories into the past without any mercy. Because as soon as my thoughts land on them, I can't help but think of you uncontrollably.

47. 任何事情都应该去尝试一下，因为你无法知道，什么样的事或者什么样的人，将会改变你的一生。

47. You should try anything because you can never know what kind of thing or what kind of person will change your life.

48. 鱼对水说你看不到我的眼泪，因为我在水里。水说我能感觉到你的眼泪，因为你在我心里。

48. The fish said to the water, "You can't see my tears, because I am in the water." The water replied, "I can feel your tears, because you are in my heart."

49. 一切都是命运注定的，不要太在意。

49. Everything is predetermined by fate, don't take it too much to heart.

50. 一个真正爱你的人，并不会想尽办法来得到你，不会满口谎言的骗你，而是用心的帮你，一心为将来打算。爱你的人有时候连死缠烂打都做不到，只默默受伤，默默看你。爱的越深，就爱的越胆怯。

50. A truly loving person will not go to great lengths to win you over, nor will they deceive you with lies. Instead, they will sincerely help you and make plans for the future with you. Sometimes, those who love you deeply are even unable to persistently pursue you; they may silently suffer and watch you. The deeper the love, the more fearful it becomes.

51. 后来的我没有忘记那时的你像孤独的人偶尔回忆起往日的风景

51. Later on, I did not forget how you, like an lonely puppet, occasionally reminisced about the scenery of the past.

52. 就算我对你有千般好，也不低她的一个转身、一个微笑

52. Even if I have a thousand good things for you, they are not as good as her one turn and one smile.

53. 觉得怎么爱你都不够，却又觉得抱住你就够了。

53. Feel that no matter how much I love you, it's never enough, yet I feel that embracing you is enough.

54. 你知不知道，思念一个人的滋味，就象欣赏一种残酷的美，然后用很小很小的声音，告诉自己坚强面对

54. Do you know what it's like to miss someone, as if it's enjoying a cruel beauty, and then whispering to yourself in a very small voice, to be strong in the face of it.

55. 世界上最难断的是感情，最难求的是爱情，最难还的人情，最难得的是友情，最难分的亲情，最难找的是真情，最想看的是你微笑的表情!

55. The hardest to cut is emotion, the hardest to seek is love, the hardest to repay is kindness, the hardest to obtain is friendship, the hardest to differentiate is kinship, the hardest to find is sincerity, and the one I most want to see is the smile on your face!

56. 如果可以和你在一起，我宁愿让天空所有的星光全部损落，因为你的眼睛，是我生命里最亮的光芒。

56. If I could be with you, I would rather let all the stars in the sky fall, for your eyes are the brightest light in my life.

57. 讨厌那种若近若离的感觉，爱我的我会如命守候。

57. Dislike that feeling of being close yet distant; those who love me will wait as if it were their life.

58. 所谓长久的爱情，没什么秘诀，只是在相爱时，存下点感动，在冷战时，懂一些感恩。

58. So-called long-lasting love has no secret, it's just that during the time of loving, one saves some touching moments, and during the cold war, one understands some gratitude.

59. 心像树叶，为你飘去;心有小洞，滴落着点点情意;心壁上写着三个字：我爱你;别人将爱挂在嘴角，我放在心里;亲爱的，想我多一点，我的心跳才能维系。

59. The heart, like leaves, drifts away for you; the heart has small holes, dripping with bits of affection; on the heart's walls, there are three words: I love you; others hang love on their lips, but I keep it in my heart; dear, think of me a little more, so that my heart can sustain its beat.

60. 不属于你的，那就假装不喜欢，然后慢慢地淡漠，你现在不放手，就会渐入更深的苦海;已经过去的，那就试着去遗忘，蜷缩在曾经的阴影中，你就拒绝了明天的阳光;与你无关的，那就搁在心田外，人生的行囊装不了多少，别总让自己负重前行;最该珍惜的，请别轻易的抛弃，眼下的时光，身边的人。

60. If something doesn't belong to you, pretend you don't like it and gradually become indifferent. If you don't let go now, you will sink deeper into the sea of suffering; if something has already passed, try to forget it. Coiled in the shadows of the past, you reject the sunshine of tomorrow; if something is unrelated to you, leave it outside your heart. Life's baggage can't carry much, don't always burden yourself; the most valuable things, please don't easily abandon them. Cherish the present time and the people around you.

61. 你的温柔，是我戒不掉的;你的善良，是我深深迷恋的;你的美丽，是我难以忘怀的;你的体贴，是我所着迷的，你的一切，都是我喜欢的，我愿永远守护你!

61. Your gentleness is something I can't quit; your kindness is deeply captivating to me; your beauty is unforgettable; your consideration is what I am mesmerized by. Everything about you is something I like, and I wish to guard you forever!

62. 永远到底有多远，又有几个能一路陪你们到尽头。

62. How far is forever, and how many can accompany you all the way to the end?

63. 想你，在清晨，在傍晚，是期盼也是习惯。恋你，在每月，在每年，是花好也是月圆。等你，在今天，在明天，是开始也是永远。牵手，在未来，在当下，是心愿也是爱恋。

63. Missing you is both anticipation and habit in the morning and evening. Liking you is both the beauty of flowers and the fullness of the moon in every month and every year. Waiting for you today and tomorrow is both the beginning and forever. Holding hands in the future and the present is both a wish and a love affair.

64. 请谨记，只要你坚持不懈，最终的目标总能实现。

64. Please remember that as long as you persevere, your ultimate goal will always be achieved.

65. 思念随风而逝，想起你的容颜，惬意舒心，可你不再陪伴我，偶尔一丝丝落寞泛起涟漪，很想说：没有你的生活，我会想起你。

65. The longing dissipates with the wind. Remembering your face brings comfort and ease, but you are no longer by my side. Occasionally, a hint of melancholy ripples through me, and I want to say: Without you, my life makes me think of you.

66. 遇上你是今生的缘份，爱上你是我今生的幸福，守护你是我今生的选择，为你我今生无怨无悔，爱你一生不变！

66. Meeting you is the fate of this life, loving you is the happiness of this life, protecting you is the choice of this life, for you, I have no regrets in this life, and my love for you will never change!

67. 即使没有人为你鼓掌，也要优雅的谢幕，感谢自己认真的付出。

67. Even if no one is cheering for you, exit gracefully and thank yourself for your serious dedication.

68. 怪我入戏太深 早该散场却还流连忘返。

68. Blame me for getting too immersed in the play; I should have left long ago, yet I linger on, unable to forget the past.

69. 最浪漫的故事没有结局，最幸福的爱情没有言语，只有彼此心灵的契合。我的爱人，一切尽在不言中！

69. The most romantic story has no ending, the happiest love has no words, only the harmony of each other's souls. My love, everything is said without a word!

70. 既然我的选择是你，就决定一生一世和你一起走。

70. Since my choice is you, I have decided to walk with you through life and through eternity.

71. 人类的悲欢并不相通，实际上每个人都是孤独的。

71. The joys and sorrows of humans are not interconnected; in fact, each person is lonely.

72. 我们离回忆太近，离自由太远。有时候念念不忘，只是爱上回忆。你以为你忘不了，其实只是不愿意忘记。

72. We are too close to memories and too far from freedom. Sometimes, the constant longing is just an affection for the past. You think you can't forget, but in fact, it's just that you're unwilling to let go.

73. 一念佛梵文，落花落音落凡尘，一念未了情，为情为爱为缘生。一曲离情愁，一首恋缘诗，意长情短爱难离，缘起缘落相思缘。缘遇，注定是一种美丽。一场美丽的邂逅，竟然画不出一个唯美的圆，爱是如此单薄，如此清浅。笔花缭绕处，墨沈淋漓，缘来缘去缘难圆，情深清浅情难晴。

73. With one thought of Buddha in Sanskrit, the fallen flowers, sounds, and dust of the world descend. One thought unresolved, the emotion is for love, for fate. A melody of farewell and sorrow, a poem of love and destiny, the meaning is long but the emotion is short, love is hard to part. The meeting of fate, predestined to be beautiful. An encounter so beautiful, yet it cannot draw a perfect circle. Love is so thin, so shallow. Where the pen flowers swirl, the ink flows freely, fate comes and goes, love is difficult to fulfill. The depth of feeling is profound but clear, love is difficult to brighten.

74. 对你的爱，一直都在，只是你忽略了我的存在。

74. My love for you has always been there, but you've overlooked my presence.

75. 5多希望我只是个孩子，给颗糖就笑，摔倒了就哭。不用伪装到面目全非，不用压抑自己的心情，笑着说无所谓，却往往笑得越开心，心里越疼。

75. How I wish I were just a child again, who would laugh at a piece of candy and cry when I fall. No need to disguise myself to the point of unrecognizability, no need to suppress my feelings. I would smile and say it doesn't matter, but often the more I laugh, the more I hurt inside.

76. 我愿我是白云，自由自在地，在天空中飘动，只有这样，我才可以每天看到你，你走到那里，我就飘到那里，我想每时每刻陪伴着你！！！

76. I wish I were a white cloud, floating freely in the sky, only then can I see you every day, wherever you go, I'll float there too, I want to accompany you every moment and every second!!!

77. 男人的好是什么？说到底是对女人的好啊，如果衍化为两个字，就是体贴。

What is a good man? In the end, it is good to women. If it can be condensed into two characters, it is "considerate."

78. 我每天都有在想你积攒了很多话想要一股脑讲给你听最后自己想了想还是憋回去了

78. I've been thinking of you every day and have accumulated a lot of things I want to tell you all at once. But after thinking it over, I ended up holding them back.