The poet is in command of his fantasy, while it is exactly the mark of the neurotic that he is possessed by his fantasy.

  • -- Lionel Trilling 特里林

诗人控制着自己的幻想,而他的幻想又恰恰是神经质的标志。

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Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story.

幻想可以让你改变世界和环境,更清楚地关注正在发生的事情的道德方面。在幻想中,你可以把生活提炼成你故事的精髓。

We go on dates thinking that person is our future husband or wife, without getting to know them, as we live in a fantasy and an illusion of romance.

我们在约会时认为那个人是我们未来的丈夫或妻子,却不了解他们,因为我们生活在幻想和浪漫的幻想中。

Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.

死亡最像一个先知,他在自己的土地上没有荣誉,或者一个诗人,他在自己的人民中是一个陌生人。

It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are neurotic, or they would not be actors.

那是当时的时尚,现在仍然是,觉得所有的演员都是神经质的,否则他们就不会成为演员。

No poet or orator has ever existed who believed there was any better than himself.

从来没有一个诗人或演说家相信世上还有比他更好的人。

I guess I can be a little neurotic sometimes, but can't everybody?

我想我有时会有点神经质,但不是每个人都这样吗?