The only obsession everyone wants: 'love.' People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you're whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You're whole, and then you're cracked open.

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases, think for yourself.

She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one.

The most perfect education, in my opinion, is such an exercise of the understanding as is best calculated to strengthen the body and form the heart.

过去从未真正过去，它活在我们体内。

反思本身不是罪恶。罪恶在于反思的状态，以及反思带来的静止。

I mistrust reality, but I trust the painting.