关于神，我无法知道他们是否存在或他们是什么样的，因为这个问题太晦涩，而人的生命又太短暂。
Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing whether they exist or not or of what sort they may be, because of the obscurity of the subject, and the brevity of human life.
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
The circumstances of the world are continually changing, and the opinions of man change also; and as government is for the living, and not for the dead, it is the living only that has any right in it.
The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become.
Marine biodiversity is the foundation of our industry's future—we must protect it at all costs.