Nov 6th 2011

And the queen had pricked her finger.
‘That’s accounts  for the bleeding, you see,’
she said to Alice with a smile.
‘Now, you understand the way things happen here.’
But why don’t you scream now?’
Alice asked, holding her hands ready to put over her ears again.
‘Why, I’ve done all the screaming already,’ said the queen.
‘What would be the good of having it all over again’

 Nov 6th 2011

Gold-hatted lover, Will you be mine?

Gold-hatted lover

'Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her,
If you can bounce high, then bounce for her too,
Till she cry 
'Lover! Gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!'

I'll wear the gold hat, I'll bounce high too,
I'll do anything, love, if it's for you,
I'll steal you a sack of satin stars,
I must have you!

Will you see me glorious, exciting, divine?
Picturesque as postcards, will you be mine?
And so we shall love forever and a day,
Amongst my gains.

Amongst my gains, amongst your pains,
Shackled in richest, dooming chains,
But the tides of attentive affection are waning,
My love, from me.

I'll wear the gold hat, I'll bounce high too,
I'll sing your praises until I'm blue,
Till you cry 'Lover! Dim-witted, fast-falling lover,
I can't have you!' 


From The Great Gatsby

About Reading, What I Am Trying To Say...

* 有時候我覺得喜歡一本書只要你進入其中，
  導讀還是論文式的分析都顯得枯燥而且沒必要。

* 也許我不夠有本事，對於喜歡的書我只想要Qoute，
  寫心得這件事對我來說顯得愚昧和班門弄斧。

* 冗長的翻譯式名稱讓我常常忘了跑龍套的那些人到底誰是誰，
  總要回頭再翻過。

* 不管怎樣，中文小說總是要比翻譯小說多點什麼。
  也同樣的花比較多時間陷在其中。
  相反的，翻譯小說步調可快可慢，
  要抽離隨時可以抽離。

* 不期待你懂我懂的，我也不會懂你懂的。

* 當然不可能為了一本書的封面質疑他的內容，
  但的確會為了太糟的封面而去圖書管借，而不是選擇買下。

*keep thinking...

Život Je Jinde

他的生命就是睡眠；
薩維耶一直在睡，一直在做夢；
他在這個夢裡睡著；然後他又做另一個夢；
他又在這個夢裡睡著；然後又做另一個夢；
他從這個夢裡醒來，又回到先前的那個夢；
他就這樣從一個夢到另一個夢，一連經歷了好幾個生命
從一個生命過渡到另一個生命。
像薩維耶這樣活著，不被囚禁在同一個生命裡，
當然，最後還是會死，但是可以有好幾個生命，
這樣不是很棒嗎?

words: Život Je Jinde/Milan Kundera
pic: Ryan McGinley