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尽管反对声音并不少，但他们还是启示了很多人。将小房子卖给萨文一家的房东被他们的行为所感染，于是也慷慨的捐了10万美元给这个项目。而汉娜最好的朋友布莱斯则将她打工当保姆所赚的钱一半捐给了一个环境保护机构。
In writing the book, the Salwens say, the aim wasn’t actually to get people to sell their houses. They realize that few people are quite that nutty. Rather, the aim was to encourage people to step off the treadmill of accumulation, to define themselves by what they give as well as by what they possess.
萨文父女说，写这本书的目的不是真的要我们都去卖房子，他们知道很少有人像他们那么疯狂。书的出版旨在劝诫人们不要永无止尽地积累财富，鼓励人们以一种新的方式给自己定位，不光要看你有什么，还要看你给别人什么。
“No one expects anyone to sell a house,” said Hannah, now a high school junior who hopes to become a nurse. “That’s kind of a ridiculous thing to do. For us, the house was just something we could live without. It was too big for us. Everyone has too much of something, whether it’s time, talent or treasure. Everyone does have their own half, you just have to find it.”
汉娜现在已经步入高中并梦想着当一名护士，她说：“没人会求别人去卖房子，这种事情太过荒唐。对我们来说，大房子只是我们生活中可以放弃的一样东西，我们没有必要拥有那么多空间。我觉得每个人都会有些东西富余，不管是时间、天赋还是财富。每个人都可以找到自己可以放弃的那一半，只要耐心寻找，就一定能找到。”
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