For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.

  • -- Albert Camus 阿尔伯特·加缪

几个世纪以来,死刑常常伴随着野蛮的改良,一直试图遏制犯罪;然而,犯罪依然存在。为什么?因为人的本能在交战,并不像法律所宣称的那样,是处于平衡状态的恒常力量。

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Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us.

犯罪是人类的一个事实,仅仅是这个物种的一个事实,但它首先是秘密的一面,无法渗透和隐藏。犯罪是隐藏的,迄今为止,最可怕的事情是那些我们逃避不了的事情。

I hate the way market forces try to separate us out in to the appropriate demographic - basically in order to sell us things. We need to find stories that we can enjoy together, not separately.

我讨厌市场力量试图把我们划分到合适的人群中——基本上是为了卖东西给我们。我们需要找到我们可以一起享受的故事,而不是分开。

There are a lot of bands who claim to be punk and they only play the music, they have no clue what it's all about. It's a lifestyle. It's not about popularity and all that crap.

有很多乐队自称朋克,他们只演奏音乐,他们不知道这是怎么回事。这是一种生活方式。这与受欢迎程度无关。

I was not sympathetic to the assumption that criminals had radically different motivations from everyone else.

我不赞同罪犯的动机与其他人截然不同的假设。

The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.

死者应该像罪犯一样被公正地审判,但他们应该被允许无罪推定。

It is so good that you can love someone for how long you want and no one can arrest you for that crime.

它是如此的好,你可以爱一个人多久,你想,没有人可以逮捕你的罪行。

I have never claimed to do the right kind of things and make politically correct statements.

我从未声称自己做了正确的事情,也从未发表过政治上正确的言论。

The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.

在通往毁灭的道路上,从来都伴随着对理想的口惠而实不至。

For me nature is not landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces.

对我来说,自然不是风景,而是视觉力量的活力。