We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and—in spite of True Romance magazines—we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way.

Our intention is to affirm this life, not to bring order out of chaos nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply to wake up to the very life we're living.

【译文】 孔子说：“一个人如果他的品质胜过文采就会粗野，文采胜过品质就会浮华。只有文采和品质配合恰当，才是君子。”

Never， never， never give in！

It’s not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.

I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun.

The writer’s mission is to be a witness to his time, to speak for those who cannot speak.