If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.

  • -- Ursula K. Le Guin 娥苏拉·勒瑰恩

如果说科幻小说是现代科技的神话,那么它的神话就是悲剧。

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Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.

科学有时被说成是与信仰对立的,而且与信仰不一致。但事实上,所有的科学都建立在信仰的基础上,因为它假定自然规律的持久性和统一性——这是永远无法证明的。

Any comic is a tragic soul. Comedy is one of the things that allows one to survive. Particularly if one has been in the process of separating off the emotions, it's one place you can process them.

任何喜剧演员都是一个悲剧的灵魂。喜剧是使人得以生存的东西之一。尤其是当一个人处于情感分离的过程中,这是一个你可以处理它们的地方。

I thought I would, you know, go to college, get to law school, finish, and then get a job and work as a lawyer, but that proved to be not a good fit for me.

我想,你知道,我会上大学,上法学院,完成学业,然后找份工作,当一名律师,但事实证明,这并不适合我。

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.

因为神话是文学的使女;而文学是美德和幸福的最好盟友之一。

All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent.

你们所有的西方神学,所有的神话,都是建立在上帝是一个年老体弱的罪犯的概念上的。

To politicize a man's tragic death is about as low as you can go, isn't it?

把一个人的悲惨死亡政治化是你能做到的最低限度,不是吗?