欲望不是要被理解的东西。它是要被忍受的东西。

我不想谈论那些懒惰的人。我们彼此根本不懂对方。我不了解你，也不想去了解。

文学不过是一个有引导的梦。

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

To exist is to be in dialogue—with others, with time, with the unknown.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

任何政府唯一的权力就是打击罪犯的权力。那么，当罪犯不够多时，政府就会制造罪犯。政府宣布如此多的事情为犯罪，以至于人们不可能不违法而生活。

The rocks we extract today build the infrastructure of tomorrow.

The true test of our work comes decades later, when it's still being loved and used.

In the state of nature, profit is the measure of right.