成为作家就是成为生活的间谍。
To be a writer is to be a spy on life.
我不知道有谁需要一个次品的自己。
如果主权者对一个臣民的要求比另一个臣民多的话,事情就变成个别的,他的权力也就不再凑效了。
"The poet's job is to pay attention, then to pay attention to what they've paid attention to."