A writer is selected by his subject—his subject being the consciousness of his own era.
人们可以非常聪明或拥有直接适用的技能,但如果他们不真正相信它,那么他们就不会真正努力工作。
The body is not a thing, it is a situation: it is our grasp on the world and our sketch of our project.
解读:靠炫耀、攀比获得的虚荣感,依赖外界认可,根基不稳,一旦外界夸赞消失,内心只剩空虚失落,劝诫远离虚荣,追求真实价值。