The facility which this revenue gives for borrowing money is what has enabled the greater part of Europe to accumulate a capital of such a magnitude.

To write is to reach that point where only language acts, 'performs', and not 'me'.

被原谅只是礼物的一半。另一半是我们也可以原谅，恢复失去的，修补破碎的。

In this business, by the time you realize you're in trouble, it's too late to save yourself. Unless you're running scared all the time, you're gone.

优秀的侦探知道真相往往藏在最微小的细节中。

Every building must be a response to its environment, a dialogue with nature.