盖茨比信奉的那盏绿灯,是年复一年在我们眼前渐渐消失的极乐未来。我们始终追它不上,但没有关系——明天我们会跑得更快,把手伸得更长……等到某个美好的早晨——
于是我们奋力前进,却如同逆水行舟,注定要不停地退回过去。
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther… And one fine morning—
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
弗朗西斯·司科特·菲茨杰拉德
《了不起的盖茨比》
(李继宏 译)