过去是一个陌生的国度；那里的人做事方式不同。

The ideas of economists and political philosophers， both when they are right and when they are wrong， are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men， who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence， are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.

伊斯坦布尔的命运就是我的命运：我依恋这座城市，因为它造就了今天的我。