"Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin."

Literature is a form of permanent insurrection.

It must be remembered that while sympathy with joy intensifies the sum of joy in the world., sympathy with pain does not really diminish the amount of pain. It may make man better able to endure evil, but the evil remains.

世界称之为不道德的书籍，是那些揭示了世界自身羞耻的书籍。

Complexity is the enemy of execution—keep solutions simple.

变体：有七个原因决定了所有人类的行动：机遇、本性、强迫、习惯、理性、激情和欲望。