Paradoxically, the more sacrifices we make for an imaginary story, the more tenaciously we hold on to it, because we desperately want to give meaning to these sacrifices and to the suffering we have caused.

摘自《Homo Deus》

奇哉怪哉，人要是一厢情愿，付出的越多、牺牲的越多，就越会深信不疑。因为我们受了所有的苦和所有的罪，就必须得有意义。

Todd翻译