If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger.

  • -- Muriel Rukeyser 鲁凯泽

如果世界上任何一天都没有诗歌,那么诗歌就会在那一天诞生。因为会有无法忍受的饥饿。

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The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest. It is he who invented the sublime art of ruining poetry.

音乐家也许是最谦虚的动物,但他也是最自豪的。正是他发明了破坏诗歌的崇高艺术。

There's an old saying that applies to me: you can't lose a game if you don't play the game.

有句老话对我很适用:如果你不玩游戏,你就不会输掉一场比赛。