There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
有一种狂喜,标志着生命的顶峰,生命再也无法超越它。而生命的悖论就在这里:这种狂喜出现在生命最旺盛之时,却又让人完全忘记自己正活着。
— Jack London · The Call of the Wild (1903) · Chapter III · The Dominant Primordial Beast —