巫术并非源于对普遍力量的抽象概念，也不是神话观念的结果。它是人类在面对危险时感到无助的具体情境的产物。
永恒只是一瞬间，刚够开一个玩笑。
你必须愿意失败，愿意犯错，即使所有人都说你疯了也要继续前进。
At that age， I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd calculate our gas mileage -- figure out useless statistics on things like grocery spending. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. I can't remember the details， but basically the ad said， every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life: I think it might have been two minutes per puff. At any rate， I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per days， estimated the number of puffs per cigarette and so on. When I was satisfied that I'd come up with a reasonable number， I poked my head into the front of the car， tapped my grandmother on the shoulder， and proudly proclaimed， "At two minutes per puff， you've taken nine years off your life！"
我觉得自己先是一个诗人，然后才是个音乐家。我活着像个诗人，死后也还是个诗人。