"I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things."

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.

"The hawk was everything I wanted to be: solitary, self-possessed, free from grief, and numb to the hurts of human life."

过去是远处的一支蜡烛：近得让你无法放弃，远得无法给你安慰。

"The only thing that is truly meaningful is connection."

世界是平的，而我们正站在上面。

出自先秦《荀子·哀公》。鸟被逼得走投无路之时就会用嘴啄人，兽到困窘之时就会用爪抓人，人到穷困潦倒之时就会设计骗人。以鸟兽困窘之时的行为为喻，说明人到穷困潦倒之时便会放弃道德操守的原因。

谷物不仅是商品，更是文明的基础。