A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.

  • -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 圣埃斯库里

当一个人凝视着石堆时,它就不再是石堆了,在他的心中有一座大教堂的形象。

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As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs.

随着地震学家从地震记录中获得更多的经验,很明显,这个问题不能归结为一个单峰加速度。事实上,振动的频率是全频率的。

Image has to be its own fortress, in spite of the owners. People can't separate that or they don't comprehend that you can turn that on and off for each one of the different entities.

形象必须是自己的堡垒,不管它的主人是谁。人们不能把它分开或者他们不理解你可以为每一个不同的实体打开或关闭它。

He rested his fingers on the keys, but didn’t depress them, simply sitting there for a moment, in the dark and silent auditorium, and closed his eyes.

他把手指放在钥匙上,但没有按下,只是在黑暗寂静的礼堂里坐了一会儿,闭上了眼睛。

In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.

尽管人类有种种渴望,但没有人能提出一个事实或理由来支持对上帝和个人不朽的信仰。

Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.

把建造鸡舍和建造大教堂看作是同样可取的。

I'm sensitive about my image of being hard to reach.

我对自己难以接近的形象很敏感。

Live for the moments you can't put into words.

活在你无法用语言表达的时刻。