Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.

  • -- Robin George Collingwood 科林伍德

为人父母不是欲望甚至欲望的对象。它是意志的对象。没有为人父母的欲望;为人父母只有一个目的或意图。

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I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago... I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.

我袭击了一座城市——一座真正的城市——他们管它叫芝加哥……我迫切希望再也不要见到它。那里住着野蛮人。

In the name of noble purposes men have committed unspeakable acts of cruelty against one another.

人们以崇高的目的的名义彼此犯下了无法言喻的残忍行为。

When I desire you a part of me is gone.

当我渴望你的时候,我的一部分就消失了。

Every why has its wherefore.

凡事皆有因。