This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's slave.

  • -- Tom Wolfe 汤姆·沃尔夫

这就是艺术家,生命的饥饿者,永恒的饕餮者,美丽的守财奴,荣耀的奴隶。

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God preordained, for his own glory and the display of His attributes of mercy and justice, a part of the human race, without any merit of their own, to eternal salvation, and another part, in just punishment of their sin, to eternal damnation.

神为自己的荣耀,并显明他怜悯和公义的品性,预定了人类的一部份,没有他们自己的任何功绩,要永远得救,另一部份,要永远受咒诅,要公正地惩罚他们的罪。

Do you want to be an artist and a writer, or a wife and a lover? With kids, your focus changes. I don't want to go to PTA meetings.

你想成为艺术家和作家,还是妻子和爱人?和孩子在一起,你的注意力会发生变化。我不想参加家长会。

I existed from all eternity and, behold, I am here; and I shall exist till the end of time, for my being has no end.

我从万古就存在,看哪,我在这里。我将存在到时间的尽头,因为我的存在没有尽头。

What does the future, that half of time, matter to the man who is infatuated with eternity?

对于一个迷恋永恒的人来说,未来,那一半的时间,又有什么关系呢?

It takes great courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.

要看到这个世界所有肮脏的荣耀,并仍然热爱它,需要极大的勇气。

Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.

生气甚至是愉快的。但只有疯子才明白这一点。