作家必须是世界的敏锐观察者和心灵的深刻思考者。
我现在生活的全部信念在于,孤独远非一种罕见而奇特的现象,它不仅仅是我和少数其他孤独者的特质,而是人类存在的核心和不可避免的事实。
The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that... no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.
故事的真实性在于它所隐藏的,而非它所揭示的。
【释义】人生的意义在于有所作为,而不在于活得长久。