A lot of our assumptions of the world are fairly cynical, fairly negative, and assume the worst. What our reading tastes show - in this rush to fantasy, romance, whatever - is that we actually still want to believe in a world of possibility, in a world of mystery.

  • -- Deborah Harkness 黛博拉·哈克尼斯

我们对世界的许多假设都是相当愤世嫉俗、相当消极的,而且都是假设最坏的情况。我们的阅读品味表明——在这种对幻想、浪漫等的狂热追求中——我们实际上仍然希望相信一个充满可能性的世界,一个充满神秘的世界。

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It's hard if you start believing that you should be really that perfect fantasy ideal, that people start believing because of all of the retouching. You can delve into that fantasy world and play with it, but when you walk away, that's not you.

如果你开始相信你应该是那种完美的幻想理想,人们开始相信因为所有的修饰。你可以钻研那个幻想的世界,玩它,但当你离开的时候,那不是你。

No tools have yet been met with in any of the gravels occurring at the higher levels of the valley of the Seine; but no importance can be attached to this negative fact, as so little search has yet been made for them.

在塞纳河河谷较高的地方,还没有发现任何砾石中含有任何工具;但是这个消极的事实并不重要,因为对它们的研究还很少。

We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.

我们不仅必须把注意力集中在消极地驱逐战争上,而且必须集中在对和平的积极肯定上。

There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons.

你在幻想和科幻监狱里遇到的人有很大的交集。