Freedom does not consist in any dreamt-of independence from natural laws, but in the knowledge of these laws, and in the possibility this gives of systematically making them work towards definite ends.
自由并非存在于对自然法则的梦幻般的独立之中，而是存在于对这些法则的认知中，以及由此产生的有系统地使它们朝着明确目标发展的可能性中。
There are no second acts in American lives.
"Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it."
世界充满了故事，但所有的故事都是一个。
I've always been fascinated by the idea of transformation.