Words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean. Little audible links, they are, chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes.

  • -- Theodore Dreiser 西奥多·德莱塞

文字不过是我们所要表达的内容的模糊的影子。它们是微小的听觉联系,把伟大的、听不见的情感和目的连接在一起。

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When you use words loosely, without care and consideration, you erode trust in yourself and in what you're saying. When you squander words, you diminish your power.

如果你随意使用词语,不加注意和考虑,你就会丧失对自己和自己所说内容的信任。当你浪费言语时,你就削弱了自己的力量。

In serial music, the series itself is seldom audible... What I'm interested in is a compositional process and a sounding music that are one in the same thing.

在系列音乐中,很少能听到系列音乐本身的声音。我感兴趣的是一个作曲的过程和一段动听的音乐,它们是一体的。

Language achieves soul only when it's applied as a tool, used by those who imbue it with what they have had the courage and honesty to perceive and feel.

只有当语言被用作一种工具,被那些有勇气和诚实去感知和感受它的人所使用时,语言才能达到灵魂的境界。

And how is clarity to be achieved? Mainly by taking trouble and by writing to serve people rather than to impress them.

如何达到清晰?主要是通过找麻烦和写作来为人们服务,而不是给他们留下深刻印象。

Words are memes that can be pronounced.

单词是可以发音的模因。