History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.

  • -- David McCullough 戴维·麦卡洛

历史是危险时代的航路指南。历史就是我们是谁,为什么我们是现在的样子。

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But you get past that and realize you have to let go of what you think you want. There'll be plenty of time for that later. Right now, go and be with that baby. Just play with this beautiful little boy.

但你克服了这一点,意识到你必须放弃你认为你想要的。以后还有很多时间。现在,去和那个孩子在一起。和这个漂亮的小男孩一起玩。

I am in an adolescence in reverse, as mysterious as the first, except that this time I feel it as a decay of the odds that I might live for a while, that I can sleep it off.

相反,我正处于青春期,和第一个青春期一样神秘,只是这一次,我觉得这是我能活上一段时间、睡上一觉的几率在下降。

Inspiration may be a form of super-consciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness - I wouldn't know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness.

灵感可能是超意识的一种形式,也可能是潜意识的一种形式——我不知道。但我确信这是自我意识的对立面。

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

你不能等待灵感。你必须用棍棒去打它。