There are no shortcuts in technology, only steady step-by-step progress.
但老人此时想到的只是掌舵和他自己极度的疲乏。他出海太远了,那些鲨鱼把他打败了。他知道那些鲨鱼除了大马林鱼的空骨架之外,是什么也不会给他留下的。
文学是对剥夺感的表达,是对缺失感的补救。
我害怕自己变得平庸。而我并不平庸。我不平庸。
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt, and the profoundest wisdom to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.