When Kepler found his long-cherished belief did not agree with the most precise observation, he accepted the uncomfortable fact. He preferred the hard truth to his dearest illusions; that is the heart of science.

  • -- Carl Sagan 卡尔·萨根

当开普勒发现他长期以来的信念与最精确的观测结果不一致时,他接受了这个令人不安的事实。他宁愿要严酷的事实,也不愿要他最宝贵的幻想;这就是科学的核心。

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I think being a parent is the most challenging thing you do. That's why we're here. It's at the heart of what it is to be a human being. It's the ultimate experience because it questions everything about who you are. But it's difficult.

我认为为人父母是最具挑战性的事情。这就是我们来这里的原因。这是作为一个人的核心。这是终极体验,因为它质疑你是谁的一切。但它是困难的。

My senior year I was basically supporting myself, so it was like, Do you want to eat and pay the rent, or do you want to go to school? I wanted to eat and pay the rent.

我上大四的时候基本上是自己养活自己,所以我的想法是,你是想吃饭付房租,还是想上学?我想吃饭,付房租。

Before I was ever in high school, I had dark circles under my eyes. The rumor was I was a junkie. I have dark circles under my eyes, deal with it.

在我上高中之前,我的眼睛下面有黑眼圈。传言说我是个瘾君子。我眼睛下面有黑眼圈,处理一下。

There is an ache in my heart for the imagined beauty of a life I haven't had, from which I had been locked out, and it never goes away.

我心中有一种痛楚,那是一种想象中的美好生活,一种我从未有过的生活,一种我被锁在门外,永远也不会消失的生活。