1、Everything has a purpose, even machines. Clocks tell the time and trains take you places. They do what they mean to do. Maybe that's why broken machines make me so sad. They can't do what they meant to do. Maybe it's the same with people. If you lose your purpose, it's like you are broken.
2、一切事物都有使命，就连机器也是一样。钟要报时，火车要带你去往目的地。他们都在做着本职的工作。也许这就是为什么机器坏掉我会这么难过。这样他们就不能尽到自己的职责了。也许人也是一样的。如果你的生活毫无目的，就好像你坏掉了一样。
3、Right after my father died, I would come up here a lot. I'd imagine the whole world was one big machine. Machines never come with any extra parts, you know. They always come with the exact amount they need. So I figure if the entire world was one big machine, I couldn't be an extra part. I had to be here for some reason. And that means you have to be here for some reason, too.
4、我父亲死后，我经常到这儿来。我会想象世界就是一个大机器。机器不会有多余的零件。他们永远都是需要多少就有多少。所以我觉得，如果世界是个大机器，那我就不可能是多余的。我一定有存在的理由。这就是说，你一定也有存在的理由。
5、我把整个世界想象成一个大机器，机器从来没有多余的零件，只有所需要的零件，所以我想，如果整个世界是一个大机器，我不可能是多余的零件，来到世上一定是有原因的，那么你也肯定是有原因的。”
6、机器不会有多余零件，它们总是需要多少就有多少。所以我觉得，如果世界是个大机器，我不可能是多余的。