On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the time in which all meaningful questions arise.

  • -- Paul Ricoeur 保罗·利科

在宇宙的尺度上,我们的生命是微不足道的,然而当我们出现在这个世界上的短暂时期,所有有意义的问题都产生了。

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Newspapers with declining circulations can complain all they want about their readers and even say they have no taste. But you will still go out of business over time. A newspaper is not a public trust - it has a business model that either works or it doesn't.

发行量下降的报纸可以抱怨他们想要读者做的一切,甚至说他们没有品位。但随着时间的推移,你还是会破产。报纸不是公共信托——它的商业模式要么行得通,要么行不通。

Am I foolish and insignificant or am I great? I gave all the individuals in the world cause to kneel down in front of me.

我是愚蠢而微不足道,还是伟大?我给了世界上所有的人在我面前跪下的理由。

With Alexander's cancer, I was definitely brought to my knees for the first time because of the fear factor.

亚历山大得了癌症,我第一次因为恐惧而跪了下来。

All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.

非小说类作品所能做的就是回答问题。问他们是小说的事。

Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling.

艺术家应该把自己看作是讲故事的宇宙工具。

We have the marvelous gift of making everything insignificant.

我们有一种奇妙的天赋,能让一切变得微不足道。

I like the big questions.

我喜欢大问题。