On Wall Street he and a few others - how many? three hundred, four hundred, five hundred? had become precisely that... Masters of the Universe.

  • -- Tom Wolfe 汤姆·沃尔夫

在华尔街,他和其他一些人——有多少人?三百,四百,五百?恰恰变成了……宇宙的主人。

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The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.

我们所观察的宇宙,如果其本质上没有设计、没有目的、没有恶、没有善,只有盲目、无情的冷漠,那么它就具有我们所期望的特性。

Its limitations are those of the physical universe: it won't let you play with some really wild ideas that aren't possible, but are fun to speculate about.

它的局限性在于物理世界的局限性:它不会让你玩弄一些不可能的、但很有趣的疯狂想法。

They might not need me; but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.

他们可能不需要我;但他们可能。我要让我的头就在眼前;像我这样微不足道的微笑也许正是他们所需要的。

The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.

艺术家的世界是无限的。它可以在任何地方找到,远离他住的地方或几英尺远。它总是在他的门阶上。

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.

漫游重建了人与宇宙之间原本的和谐。

It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.

就在几年前,我还没被雇来救我的命。