Hourglass 沙漏

Staring at the hourglass, Gustav said "I remember we had one of these in my father's house. The aperture through which the sand runs is so tiny that first it seems as if the level in the upper glass never changes. To our eyes it appears that the sand runs out only at the end..and until it does, it's not worth thinking about..'til the last moment..when there's no more time left to think about it." - Death in Venice

凝视着沙漏，古斯塔夫说道：“我记得我们家以前也有一个这样的沙漏。沙漏中沙子流过的孔隙如此之小，以至于起初似乎上层玻璃中的沙子永远不会减少。在我们的眼中，沙子似乎只是在最后才会流完……在此之前，根本不值得去想它……直到最后一刻……当再也没有时间去思考它的时候。”——《威尼斯之死》