过去是一个异国;他们在那里做事的方式不同。
The novel is a way of thinking, not just a way of telling a story.
卧室里的哲学家与夜总会里的哲学家一样荒谬滑稽。
A rich man's body is like a premium cotton pillow, white and soft and blank. Ours are different. My father's spine was a knotted rope, and the skin on his chest was so thin that you could see the ribs pressing out against it.