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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I have friends who are capable of writing a very rough draft and then going back and embroidering - they're sort of the cathedral builders of fiction. I never really know what I'm doing, and all my pleasure's on the level of the line.

我有一些朋友,他们能够写一个非常粗略的草稿,然后回去刺绣——他们有点像小说的大教堂建造者。我从来都不知道自己在做什么,我所有的快乐都在这条线上。

Europe is so well gardened that it resembles a work of art, a scientific theory, a neat metaphysical system. Man has re-created Europe in his own image.

欧洲是如此精心打理,就像一件艺术品,一个科学的理论,一个整洁的形而上学体系。人类按照自己的形象重新创造了欧洲。

Being single doesn't mean no one wants you; it means God is still busy writing your love story.

单身并不意味着没有人需要你;这意味着上帝还在忙着写你的爱情故事。

No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.

没有一根绳索或缆绳能像爱用一根细线那样有力地牵引,也没有一根绳索能像爱用一根细线那样束缚得如此之快。

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.

古老的大教堂很好,但是悬挂在一切之上的蓝色大圆顶更好。

I know, it's true. I've played these tortured teenagers. I can't wait to shed that image.

我知道,这是真的。我扮演过这些受折磨的青少年。我迫不及待地想摆脱这种印象。

There are moments in life, when just the right words, can be as powerful as acts.

生活中总有那么几个时刻,恰当的话语和行动一样有力量。

That awkward moment between your birth and your death.

你出生和死亡之间的尴尬时刻。