 WELCOME TO LUNA PAN'S NEVERLAND    又双叒叕看完了12本英文原著。 12锦集 | He was in love with love. 这12本看得缓慢，其中不乏一些heavy books，已经分别做了梳理和分享。 我很享受阅读的过程，无论是中文还是英文，很多时候也颇有收获。独处的时候，阅读是很好的陪伴。 希望这篇12锦集也能让你们有所共鸣。  Do not pretend you are happy with something if you are not, and if a reasonable solution might, in principle, be negotiated. Have the damn fight. 如果对某些事情不开心，就不要假装开心。而且如果原则上有一个合理的、可以达成的解决方案，那就开干吧。 ——《秩序之上：新十二法则》  "...to dream has been the business of my life. I have therefore framed for myself, as you see, a bower of dreams..." 做梦已经成为了我一生的事业。因此，如你所见，我为自己构筑了一个承载梦境的亭子。 ——《厄舍古屋的倒塌及其他作品》  "I just ... want to be a man who has been to a concert with a girl in a red dress. Just for a few minutes more." “我只是……想做一个刚和穿着红裙子的女孩去了音乐会的男人。只要再几分钟就好。” ——《遇见你之前》  "It's enough for a man to understand his own business, and not interfere with other people's. Mine occupies me constantly." “一个人理解自己的事情就已经足够了，不要去干涉别人的生活。我的生活已经被自己的事情占据了。” ——《圣诞颂歌》  Perhaps it’s not surprising, then, that evolution has moulded us to be neither too miserable nor too happy. It enables us to enjoy a momentary rush of pleasant sensations, but these never last for ever. Sooner or later they subside and give place to unpleasant sensations. 这大概也没有什么好惊讶的——进化将我们塑造得既不会太过悲惨，也不会太过快乐。它使得我们能够享受瞬间的、愉悦的感受，但都不会长久。或早或晚，这些愉悦的感受会平息，被不愉悦的感受取而代之。 ——《人类简史：从动物到上帝》 “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” said Martin Luther. 马丁·路德说：“即使我知道明天世界将分崩离析，我仍然会种我的苹果树。” ——《焦虑的人》 This is the best reason to learn history: not in order to predict the future, but to free yourself of the past and imagine alternative destinies. Of course this is not total freedom—we cannot avoid being shaped by the past. But some freedom is better than none. 这是学习历史最好的理由：并不是为了预测未来，而是使自己摆脱过去的束缚，去想象可选择的命运。当然这不是完全的自由——我们不可能避免过去的影响。但是一些自由也聊胜于无。 ——《未来简史：从智人到智神》 It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way … 这是最好的时代，也是最坏的时代；这是智慧的年代，也是愚昧的年代；这是信仰的时期，也是怀疑的时期；这是光明的季节，也是黑暗的季节；这是希望的春天，也是失望的冬天；我们面前应有尽有，我们面前也一无所有；我们将直登天堂，我们也将直入地狱…… ——《双城记》 I don't regret anything I've ever done in life, any choice that I've made. But I'm consumed with regret for the things I didn't do, the choices I didn't make, the things I didn't say. We spend so much time being afraid of failure, afraid of rejection. But regret is the thing we should fear most. Failure is an answer. Rejection is an answer. Regret is an eternal question you will never have the answer to. "What if ..." "If only..." "I wonder what would have ..." You will never, never know, and it will haunt you for the rest of your days. 我没有后悔过生命中曾做的任何事情和决定。但是我却后悔未做的事情和决定，以及未说的话，并被悔恨所消磨。我们花费了很多时间去恐惧失败和拒绝。但悔恨才是我们最应该害怕的。失败，是一个答案。拒绝，是一个答案。悔恨，是一个永恒的问题，而你不会找到相应的答案。“如果……会怎么样？”“如果……就好了。”“我想知道……会发生……”你永远无法知道，而这会纠缠你的一生。 ——《天生有罪》 Technology isn't bad. If you know what you want in life, technology can help you get it. But if you don't know what you want in life, it will be all too easy for technology to shape your aims for you and take control of your life. Especially as technology gets better at understanding humans, you might increasingly find yourself serving it, instead of it serving you. Have you seen those zombies who roam the streets with their faces glued to their smartphones? Do you think they control the technology, or does the technology control them? 科技并不坏。如果你知道你在生活中想要什么，科技会帮助你取得。但是如果你不知道，那么对科技来说为你创造目标，控制你的生活就轻而易举。尤其当科技变得越来越理解人类，或许你会逐渐发现自己在服务科技，而不是科技在服务你。你见过那些行走在街上，把脸贴在智能手机上的僵尸吗？你觉得是他们控制了科技，还是科技控制了他们？ ——《今日简史：人类命运大议题》 "You knew, didn't you? I'm part of you? Close, close, close! I'm the reason why it's no go? Why things are what they are?" “你是知道的，对吧？我就是你的一部分？近点，近点，近点！我是一切没有进展的原因？为什么事情是那样的？” ——《蝇王》 Perhaps we can learn this from him: that potential lasts longer than details of the moment. And that wonder works. 我们大概可以从Jules Verne身上学到的是：潜能比当下的细节更持久。而奇迹总会发生。 ——《从地球到月球》 文/Luna+12 Authors 图/Luna 风格/秀米 |
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