最近在讀 Oliver Burkeman 的《人生4千個禮拜》(Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals)。作者很擅長引經據典,其中引用了文豪波赫士寫的一段話,讓我產生好奇,找了原文來讀,驚覺實在很美。不愧是文豪啊。
“Time is the substance of which I am made. Time is a river that sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger that mangles me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire. The world, unfortunately, is real; I, unfortunately, am Borges.”
Jorge Luis Borges, “A New Refutation of Time”