"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."
真相很少是纯粹的，也绝不简单。
一部小说永远不会完成；它只是被遗弃。
真正的天堂是我们已经失去的天堂。
"A picture book is like a small theater."
The sociological imagination enables its possessor to understand the larger historical scene in terms of its meaning for the inner life and the external career of a variety of individuals.