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"If you build it, they will come. People will come, Ray. They’ll come to Iowa for reasons they can’t even fathom. They’ll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they’re doing it. They’ll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. Of course, we won’t mind if you look around, you’ll say. It’s only twenty dollars per person. They’ll pass over the money without even thinking about it; for it is money they have and peace they lack… And they’ll walk out to the bleachers; sit in shirtsleeves on a perfect afternoon. They’ll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they’ll watch the game and it’ll be as if they dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick they’ll have to brush them away from their faces. People will come, Ray, people will most definitely come."

(如果你建造它，他们就会来。雷，人们会来艾奥瓦，原因他们自己也说不清楚。他们会开车到你家门口，不确定为什么要这么做。他们到你家门前时像孩子一样纯真，渴望回到过去。‘当然，你可以随便看看。’你会说。‘每人只需二十美元。’他们会毫不犹豫地付钱，因为他们手头有钱，却缺乏内心的平静。他们会走到看台上；在完美的下午，穿着衬衫袖坐下。他们会发现自己在基线附近有预留座位，像小时候为英雄们欢呼时一样。他们会观看比赛，仿佛沐浴在魔法的水中。回忆浓得仿佛要用手拨开。雷，人们会来，人们一定会来。)

- 《梦幻成真》(Field of Dreams, 1989)