Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.

  • -- David Foster Wallace 大卫·福斯特·华莱士

一切都需要时间。蜜蜂必须快速移动才能保持静止。

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If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

如果一个人每天有一半的时间是为了爱他们而在树林里散步,那么他就有可能被认为是一个游手好闲的人。但如果他把自己的时间花在投机上,在她之前砍掉那些树木,让地球光秃秃的,他就被认为是一个勤奋进取的公民。

I hadn't given much thought to the prospect of a Hugo nomination at the time it happened, but obviously once you're nominated, winning one seems a bit less far-fetched than before.

当时我并没有过多考虑获得雨果奖提名的可能性,但很明显,一旦你获得提名,获得一个雨果奖似乎就不那么遥不可及了。

No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.

对于一个不愿采取理性态度的人来说,任何理性的论点都不会产生理性的效果。

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.

等待烤鸭飞进嘴里的人必须等待非常、非常长的时间。