True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed.

  • -- Tom Robbins 汤姆·罗宾斯

当假定的秩序和假定的混乱达到平衡时,才会产生真正的稳定。一个真正稳定的系统期待着意想不到的事情,准备着被打破,等待着被改变。

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I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder, chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical.

我对任何有关反抗、混乱、混乱的事情都感兴趣——尤其是那些似乎毫无意义的活动。在我看来,这似乎是通往自由的道路。我不是从内心开始,而是从外部开始,通过身体接触到精神。

People are looking for stability in a shaky world. They want something they can get hold of that's firm and sure and an anchor in the midst of all of this instability in which they're living.

人们在动荡的世界中寻求稳定。他们想要的东西是他们能够得到的,是坚定的,确定的,是他们生活在所有这些不稳定之中的一个锚。

Shows can come and go. They can be a hit and then in three years, gone. There's some comfort in having the stability of a job and having children. It's a double-edged sword.

演出时好时坏。它们可能很受欢迎,但三年后就会销声匿迹。有稳定的工作和孩子会让人感到些许安慰。这是一把双刃剑。

Now, bipolar disorder, it goes on a spectrum. There's very severe conditions of it and there are milder ones. I'm lucky enough that it's reasonably mild in my case.

现在,双相情感障碍进入了一个谱系。那里的条件非常严峻,也有较为温和的条件。我很幸运,我的病情相对温和。

A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end... but not necessarily in that order.

一个故事应该有开头、中间和结尾……但不一定是这个顺序。

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

为了达到不可能,我们必须尝试荒谬。

In order to be respected, authority has got to be respectable.

为了得到尊重,权威必须是受人尊敬的。

The soul has many motions, body one.

灵魂有很多运动,身体只有一个。