For what is passes so swiftly and irrevocably into what was, no human claim can be of the least significance.

  • -- Joyce Carol Oates 乔伊斯·卡罗尔·欧茨

因为现在的东西转瞬即逝,无可挽回地变成了过去的东西,所以人类的任何要求都是毫无意义的。

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You write because you have an idea in your mind that feels so genuine, so important, so true. And yet, by the time this idea passes through the different filters of your mind, and into your hand, and onto the page or computer screen - it becomes distorted, and it's been diminished.

你写作是因为你心中有一个想法,它让你感觉如此真实,如此重要,如此真实。然而,当这个想法通过你大脑中不同的过滤器,进入你的手中,进入你的页面或电脑屏幕时,它就被扭曲了,被削弱了。

The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

外部世界消失了;内心深处的昨天、今天和永远是一样的。