The dead speak if you know how to listen.

I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul return'd to me, And answer'd "I Myself am Heav'n and Hell."

To understand a life, one must first understand the age in which it was lived.

"The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them."

人们并不愚蠢。他们知道如何从过去推断未来。

通过读书，除了找到自己我们别无所获。说来也怪，我们还是欣喜若狂，还把作者称为天才。

【译文】 子夏说：“每天都学到些新东西，每月都不忘所学会的东西，就算好学了。”