生活似乎是用一种焦虑代替另一种焦虑，用一种欲望代替另一种欲望的过程。《身份的焦虑》

To write is to resist the erasure of history.

译文：高贵的人虽然自以为尊贵，但在我看来却如尘埃;低贱的人虽然自以为卑微，但在我看来却重如千钧。

The strength of a nation's institutions is not just in their formal rules, but in the informal norms that govern behavior and the degree to which they are internalized by the population.

文学是我唯一无需护照就能生活的国度。