The first fruit of this imagination—and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it—is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.
这种想象力的第一个成果——以及体现它的社会科学的第一个教训——是个人只有将自己定位在他的时代中，才能理解自己的经历并衡量自己的命运，只有意识到他所在环境中所有个体的机会，他才能知道自己的生活机会。
诗歌是一块画布，心灵可以在上面作画。
The stranger is an element of the group itself, not unlike the poor and sundry 'inner enemies'—an element whose membership within the group involves both being outside it and confronting it.
称为颜子，没有不高兴的，虽颜回贫贱短寿。称人为盗跖，没有不发怒的，虽发不义之财且长期寿。
我必须研究政治和战争、挂毯和瓷器。
"Die Wahrheit ist oft komplizierter, als sie scheint."
Writing is a form of freedom.
信仰是普遍的。我们理解它的具体方法是任意的。
"The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense."
Stay humble and work hard.