Reason to rule, but mercy to forgive: the first is law, the last prerogative.

我写作是为了不消失，为了在这个抹去一切的世界留下痕迹。

"The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it."

The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of.

出自包天笑翻译的日本小说《不如归》中引用的古诗。