历史总是由胜利者书写。当两种文化冲突时，失败者会被抹去，而胜利者则书写历史书籍——这些书籍美化他们的事业，贬低被征服的敌人。

【大意】善于游泳的人容易被淹死，善于骑马的人容易摔下马来，正是因为他们的长处，反而自招祸难。

I'm fascinated by medicine because it's the line between life and death.

If oxen and horses and lions had hands and could paint with their hands and produce works of art as men do, horses would paint the forms of the gods like horses, and oxen like oxen, and they would make their bodies in accordance with the form that each species itself possesses.

All earthly existence must ultimately be contained in a book.

我们必须记住的是，我们仍然可以做任何事情。我们可以改变主意。我们可以重新开始。