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“一股倦意貫穿全身,她多麼盼望能從無夢的狀態中醒來,把手探入身體,抽出夜晚的感覺,因為每一天總有些夜的痕跡殘留在血液裡,累積在她的肩背臀部,有一天,她會從一場身體根本沒有休息的睡眠中醒來。”
― Prophet Song
― Prophet Song
“痛苦遲早會超越恐懼,當人民的恐懼消失時,政府也將隨之垮臺。”
― Prophet Song
― Prophet Song
“自由並不是一種幻覺。在人類以順序為導向的意識背景下,自由是絕對真實的。而在七腳族以同時同步為導向的意識背景下自由是不存在的,同樣的,所謂的強制也不存在。所以,自由是存在的,也是不存在的,兩者都絕對成立,而存在或不存在,就看是在哪一種意識背景下。
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同樣的,預知未來和自由抑制,這兩者也是無法共存的。從前,我能夠自由選擇,所以我就不可能預知未來。但現在已經反過來了,現在,我已經能夠預先看到未來,所以我絕不可能做出任何會跟未來相抵觸的事,包括告訴別人我所知道的未來。”
― Stories of Your Life and Others
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同樣的,預知未來和自由抑制,這兩者也是無法共存的。從前,我能夠自由選擇,所以我就不可能預知未來。但現在已經反過來了,現在,我已經能夠預先看到未來,所以我絕不可能做出任何會跟未來相抵觸的事,包括告訴別人我所知道的未來。”
― Stories of Your Life and Others
“This temper had been passed down from his father, and his father in turn before that. Parents breed parrots. Only exceptional offspring grow their own bright plumage, capable of penetrating the dull grey down in which they are born covered.”
― Mobile Library
― Mobile Library
“狂風巨浪連續六十天猛烈地撞擊著你們無助的船隻。皮加費塔寫道,在一場特別強的暴風雨中,水手們感到大難將至,紛紛開始哭泣。你反倒是沒那麼憂傷,因為你已經暈船到希望一死了之。”
― How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
― How to Survive History: How to Outrun a Tyrannosaurus, Escape Pompeii, Get Off the Titanic, and Survive the Rest of History's Deadliest Catastrophes
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