The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.

To understand just one life, you have to swallow the world.

Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it.

对付一个不自由的世界，唯一的方法就是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。

在遇到梦中人之前，上天也许会安排我们先遇到别的人；在我们终于遇见心仪的人时，便应当心存感激。

谁能接受一无所得的工作？

Literature is a way to understand the world, to make sense of the chaos, to find meaning in the meaningless.