Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum; it keeps swinging from one extreme to the other.

  • -- Eugene Field 欧仁·菲尔德

思想的产生具有爆炸性的即时性,就像一个瞬间的诞生。人类的思想就像一个巨大的钟摆;它一直从一个极端摇摆到另一个极端。

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Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?

人类的成长是一个独特的社会关系问题,而不是生物学问题。我们从家庭内部的联系中学到的东西取代了动物行为的本能;这就提出了一个问题,这些联系有多好?

Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.

意见就像钟摆,遵循同样的规律。如果它通过了一边的重心,另一边也必须经过同样的距离;只有过了一段时间,它才会找到真正的点,使它能保持静止。

I didn't try to cry my way out of Orlando. That was never my intention, or not what I did at all. And I understand everybody thought it was that way because of what was being put out there.

我没有试图哭着离开奥兰多。这从来就不是我的本意,或者根本不是我做的。我知道每个人都这么想,因为当时的情况就是这样。

The best ideas will eat at you for days, maybe even weeks, until something, some incident, some impulse, triggers you to finally express them.

最好的想法会折磨你好几天,甚至几周,直到某件事、某件事、某一种冲动,让你最终把它们表达出来。

The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

我唯一喜欢的社会是艰苦的社会,越艰苦越好。在那里,你可以深入到基岩,遇见人类。

What I thought at the moment was the worst thing that could happen was absolutely the biggest gift I've received.

我当时认为可能发生的最糟糕的事情,绝对是我收到的最大的礼物。

I work very fast, keeping the ideas flowing but making sure they come out the way I intended.

我工作非常快,让想法不断流动,但要确保它们按照我想要的方式出现。