We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present.

  • -- Victor Hugo 维克多雨果

我们用望远镜看过去,用显微镜看现在。因此,目前的情况显然是极其恶劣的。

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There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry.

甚至在散文中也有诗歌,在所有伟大的散文中,不仅仅是功利主义的或说教的,也有诗人用散文写作,或至少用或多或少明显的散文;数以百万计的诗人写的诗与诗歌无关。

I think if I weren't so squeamish, I would have been some sort of forensic analyst. And I can't do anything with a microscope, because then I start thinking about the world of germs around us.

我想如果我不是那么神经质的话,我可能已经是某种法医分析师了。我不能用显微镜做任何事,因为我开始思考我们周围的细菌世界。

I was so obsessed by this problem that I was thinking about it all the time - when I woke up in the morning, when I went to sleep at night - and that went on for eight years.

我是如此痴迷于这个问题,以至于我一直在想它——当我早上醒来的时候,当我晚上睡觉的时候——这样持续了八年。

For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.

为了确认我的身份,我没有像大多数路德教男孩那样,得到一块手表和我的第一条长裤。我有一个望远镜。我妈妈认为这是最好的礼物。

I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon.

我有很多很好的望远镜。我有一个可以看到月亮上的山。

Creativity occurs in the moment, and in the moment we are timeless.

创造力发生在当下,而在当下我们是永恒的。