The measurement problem in quantum mechanics is not a flaw in the theory, but a profound insight into the nature of reality.
A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.
你接近生命的终点——不,不是生命本身,而是其他东西:生命中任何改变的可能性的终结。
History is not just about facts, but about the meanings we give them.