Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.
事实并不能自证清白。它们支持或者反对不同的理论。而脱离理论或者信念的事实不过是孤立的好奇心而已。
作家唯一的责任就是对他的艺术负责。如果他是优秀的作家,他会完全无情。他有一个梦想。这让他非常痛苦,他必须摆脱它。在此之前,他无法安宁。
Your life is not a result of what happens to you, but of the choices you make.
你必须做你认为自己做不到的事。
真理就是在经验面前站得住脚的东西。
Death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down.