写作是狗一样的生活，但却是唯一值得过的生活。

The knowledge of the circumstances of which we must make use never exists in concentrated or integrated form, but solely as the dispersed bits of incomplete and frequently contradictory knowledge which all the separate individuals possess.

在糟糕的时候抱有希望不仅仅是愚蠢的浪漫。这是基于人类历史不仅是残酷的历史，也是同情、牺牲、勇气和善良的历史。

To understand the world, you must first understand a place like Ireland.

文学不是现实的镜子，而是通向可能性的窗户。