What interests me about clocks is that everything is hand-made, and yet to the person looking at the clock, something magical is happening that cannot be explained unless you are the clockmaker.

  • -- Brian Selznick 布赖恩·塞尔兹尼克

时钟让我感兴趣的是,所有的东西都是手工制作的,但对于看钟的人来说,发生了一些不可思议的事情,除非你是钟表匠,否则无法解释。

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Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement. Economic wounds must be healed by the action of the cells of the economic body - the producers and consumers themselves.

经济萧条不能通过立法行动或行政声明来治愈。经济创伤必须通过经济主体的细胞- -生产者和消费者本身- -的行动来愈合。

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note - torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.

我可以原谅,但我不能忘记,只是另一种说法,我不会原谅。宽恕应该像一张作废的便条——撕成两半,烧掉,这样它就永远不会对一个人显现出来。

Making checklists of things you're looking for in a person is the numero uno thing you can do to guarantee you'll be alone forever.

把你在一个人身上寻找的东西列成清单,这是你能做的第一件事,它能确保你永远孤独。