当今文学最需要讲述和探究的是人类的基本恐惧：被排斥在外的恐惧，无足轻重的恐惧，以及随之而来的无价值感。
What literature needs most to tell and investigate today are humanity's basic fears: the fear of being left outside, and the fear of counting for nothing, and the feelings of worthlessness that come with such fears.
You can pay for school but you can't buy class.
政治语言的设计是为了让谎言听起来真实，让谋杀显得体面，并给纯粹的虚无以稳固的表象。