早期罗马人的严格道德观念培养了一代既不过于虔诚也不过于怀疑的人。
不可否认,这个时代确有其独特的优势。无聊似乎已被彻底消灭,我们永远有做不完的事——但这是否也意味着,我们的生活已沦为一场永不停歇的分心之旅?
We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it.'