I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life.
--- Henry David Thoreau: Walden,or Life in the Woods
我去林中,因为我希望谨慎地生活,面对生活最基本的事实,看我是否学会了生活必须教给我的东西。我不希望,当我死去的时候,发现我从未活过。我不希望生活中有不属于生活的东西,因为活着是那么珍贵。我要深深地在这世上走一趟,并把生活中最精髓的东西活出来。
--- 吴凌岳 译