The purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
生命的价值不在于我们呼吸的次数，而在于那些让我们屏息的时刻。
To understand a culture, you must listen to its artists—they are the seismographs of societal change.
长期习惯于不认为某件事是错的，会给人一种表面上的正确印象。
对习俗和法律的遵从很容易成为对谎言的掩饰，这种掩饰极为巧妙，令人无法察觉。它可以使我们逃避所有的批评，它甚至能够使我们欺骗自己，令我们相信自己是 显然正当的。但是无论他的正当性得到多少公众舆论或道德准则的支持，在内心深处、在普通人的意识层次之下，他仍听到一个低低的声音：“哪儿有点不正常”。
A verdadeira beleza da literatura está na sua capacidade de nos fazer sentir menos sozinhos.
