The writer’s task is to bear witness.
To understand the mind, we must first understand its evolutionary purpose.
發(fā)現(xiàn)可能性的極限的唯一方法是超越它們進入不可能。
The only way to tolerate existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy.
設(shè)定一個野心得荒謬的目標的好處是,上限足夠高,這樣即使最后失敗了,以通常的標準來衡量也可以算某種程度上的成功。
譯文:因此,即使擁有中原的富饒,也比不上這座都城的無限繁華。