To say a poem is absolute is saying nothing, because an ink blot can be absolute. Yet you put into it what you like. So it becomes totally relative.

  • -- Nicholas Mosley 莫斯利

说一首诗是绝对的就等于什么也没说,因为墨迹是绝对的。然而,你把你喜欢的放进它。所以它变得完全相对。

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Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees.

相对主义不是冷漠;相反,为了不让你听到反对你绝对命令的声音,你必须充满热情地漠不关心。

I’ve written this poem before but always through a window, never through an open door.

我以前写过这首诗,但总是隔着一扇窗户,从未穿过一扇敞开的门。

The reason one writes poems is so that your poem will be remembered.

一个人写诗的原因是为了让别人记住你的诗。

Death is an absolute marvel.

死亡绝对是个奇迹。