每天都要做的兩件事：崩潰和自愈。
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時間是變化的財富。時鐘模仿它，卻只有變化而無財富。
Time is the wealth of change, but the clock in its parody makes it mere change and no wealth.
海呀，你這暴風雨的孤寂的新婦呀，你雖掀起波浪追隨你的情人，但是無用呀。
Thou raisest thy waves vainly to follow thy lover, O sea, thou lonely bride of the storm.
文字對工作說道：「我慚愧我的空虛。」
工作對文字說道：「當我看見你的時，我便知道我是怎樣地貧乏了。」
I am ashamed of my emptiness, said the Word to the Work.
I know how poor I am when I see you, said the Work to the Word.