The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain - are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture.

  • -- George Saunders 山德斯

普遍的人类法则——需要、对所爱之人的爱、恐惧、饥饿、周期性的兴奋,以及在没有饥饿/恐惧/痛苦的情况下自然升起的善良——是永恒的、可预测的、可靠的、普遍的,只是点缀着当地文化的细节。

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Politics disappears; it vanishes. What remains constant is human life. So I try to develop a perspective in my writing where politics is just one of the pieces of furniture in this furnished world. It is not the purpose. It is not the goal.

政治就消失了;它就消失了。不变的是人类的生命。所以我试着在我的写作中发展一种观点,政治只是这个家具世界中的一件家具。这不是目的。这不是我们的目标。

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.

真正的快乐精神,兴奋,超越自我的感觉,这是最优秀的试金石,在数学和诗歌中都能找到。

Food was a constant topic of conversation in our household.

在我们家,食物一直是人们谈论的话题。