The real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.
"Jeder hat seine eigene Geschichte, aber nicht jeder kann sie erzählen."
"The dead are as real as the living, but in a different way."
Twenty years of romance make a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriages make her look like a public building.
The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.
小说是对一个你无法确切表述的问题的长篇回答。
保持饥饿，保持愚蠢。