他试图称量自己的灵魂，看看它是否是诗人的灵魂。

国际体系本质上是竞争性的，国家不断试图互相超越。

阅读的习惯是唯一没有掺杂任何杂质的享受；当所有其他乐趣消失时，它依然存在。

You don't have to like it, but you have to accept that it's art.

Life is short and you gotta move forward.

She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.

All the other children at my school are stupid. Except I’m not meant to call them stupid, even though this is what they are.

最大的风险就是不冒任何风险。在一个快速变化的世界里，唯一注定失败的策略就是不冒险。