In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life's purpose.

  • -- Epictetus 埃皮克特斯

为了取悦他人,我们放弃了对人生目标的把握。

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The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

我们所观察的宇宙,如果其本质上没有设计、没有目的、没有恶、没有善,只有盲目、无情的冷漠,那么它就具有我们所期望的特性。

I think my purpose was just to get out and sing. I love to sing. I wasn't even in it for the - you know, the prize. I was, like, 'Hey, man, I'm going to sing.'

我想我的目的就是出去唱歌。我喜欢唱歌。我甚至不是为了——你知道,奖品。我说,‘嘿,伙计,我要唱歌了。’

The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses.

小说的第一个谎言是作者给混乱的生活安排了秩序:时间顺序,或者作者选择的任何顺序。

Striking out Ruth and Gehrig in succession was too big an order.

接连淘汰露丝和格里格实在是太过分了。