Desire is suffering. A simple equation, and a nice catchphrase. But flipped around, it is more troubling: suffering is desire.

  • -- Charles Yu 如何在科幻世界中生存

欲望是痛苦。一个简单的方程式,一句漂亮的口头禅。但反过来说,更令人不安的是:痛苦就是欲望。

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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.

渴望被他的同伴们观察、考虑、尊重、赞扬、喜爱和钦佩,这是人类心灵中发现的最早也是最敏锐的性情之一。

In an industrial society which confuses work and productivity, the necessity of producing has always been an enemy of the desire to create.

在一个把工作和生产力混为一谈的工业社会里,生产的必要性一直是创造欲望的敌人。