The immense majority of human biographies are a gray transit between domestic spasm and oblivion.

  • -- George Steiner 斯坦纳

绝大多数的传记都是在家庭痉挛和遗忘之间的灰色过渡。

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I think records and music are more appropriate and more respectful of the human soul than the churches are. And more respectful of the needs of humans to communicate with the aspects of themselves that are neglected by language.

我认为唱片和音乐比教堂更合适,更尊重人类的灵魂。更尊重人类与自身被语言忽略的方面交流的需要。

Once you touch the biographies of human beings, the notion that political beliefs are logically determined collapses like a pricked balloon.

一旦你接触到人类的传记,政治信仰是由逻辑决定的观念就会像被扎破的气球一样崩溃。

The automobile is technologically more sophisticated than the bundling board, but the human motives in their uses are sometimes the same.

汽车在技术上比捆绑板更为复杂,但人们使用它们的动机有时是相同的。

I've always had an abundance of material about the subjects of my biographies.

关于我的传记主题,我总是有大量的资料。