The world is a great clock, and we are the hands.

荀子所说的“伪”，是“人为”的意思。天生就有的是“性”，是人力无法改变的；通过后天的学习、努力可以改变的，就是“伪”。所以荀子主张“化性起伪”，通过自己能掌控的力量来改变已成定数的东西。

天下都变成了秋天的气象，一个房间难以维持春天的温暖。

Literature is the most beautiful form of disobedience.

For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert, but for every fact there is not necessarily an equal and opposite fact.

最好的文学是那种扰乱、动摇、拒绝安慰的文学。