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！"

他走进灰暗的光线中站着，在那一瞬间他看到了世界的绝对真相。无遗嘱的地球冷酷无情的旋转。无法平息的黑暗。太阳的盲犬在奔跑。宇宙中粉碎一切的黑洞。某处两只被追猎的动物像地洞里的狐狸一样颤抖。借来的时间、借来的世界和借来的眼睛，用来哀叹这一切。