I would especially like to recourt the Muse of poetry, who ran off with the mailman four years ago, and drops me only a scribbled postcard from time to time.

  • -- John Updike 约翰·厄普代克

我特别想引用诗神的话,她四年前和邮递员私奔了,只是偶尔给我寄来一张潦草的明信片。

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The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.

技术投资的社会目标应该是战胜包围我们未来的时间和无知的黑暗力量。

Everything one invents is true, you may be perfectly sure of that. Poetry is as precise as geometry.

一个人所发明的一切都是真的,这一点你可以完全肯定。诗歌和几何学一样精确。

It's about time! It's supposed to be a ritual, not a marathon.

它是关于时间!这应该是一种仪式,而不是马拉松。

The sources of poetry are in the spirit seeking completeness.

诗歌的源泉在于追求圆满的精神。