今日最主要的势利,就是对职业的势利。你在派对中不用一分钟就能体会到,当你被问到这个21世纪初,最有代表性的问题:你是做什么的?你的答案将会决定对方接下来的反应,对方可能对你在场感到荣幸,或是开始看表,然后想个借口离开。
The dominant kind of snobbery that exists nowadays is job snobbery. You encounter it within minutes at a party, when you get asked that famous iconic question of the early 21st century, "What do you do?" According to how you answer that question, people are either incredibly delighted to see you, or look at their watch and make their excuses.
最终,重要的不是你生命中的岁月,而是岁月中的生命。
消灭一个民族的第一步是抹去它的记忆。摧毁它的书籍,它的文化,它的历史。然后让某人写新书,制造新文化,发明新历史。不久之后,这个民族就会开始忘记它是什么以及它曾经是什么。
I’ve played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don’t miss games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn’t that serious in the first place.
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.