文明是一条有岸的河流。河流有时充满了人们杀戮、偷窃、喊叫和做历史学家通常记录的事情的血,而在岸上,不被注意,人们建造家园,做爱,抚养孩子,唱歌,写诗,甚至雕刻雕像。文明的故事是发生在岸上的故事。
"Der Mensch ist der Hirt des Seins."
I don’t love novels that end happily. They depress me so much.
"The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them."