每个独裁政权都是精心组织的遗忘系统。
Every dictatorship is a system of organized forgetting.
文学需要一种已经消失的思维习惯。
如果你不相信自己,别人也不会相信你。
我们站在一个不断被重新排列的巨大拼图的碎片上。
我们都在阴沟里,但仍有人仰望星空。
成为一体、团结一致是伟大的。但尊重差异的权利可能更伟大。
In computer science, we stand on the shoulders of giants.
现实并非发生在我们身上的事,而是我们如何处理那些发生的事。
I like the stars. It's the illusion of permanence, I think. I mean, they're always flaring up and caving in and going out. But from here, I can pretend...I can pretend that things last. I can pretend that lives last longer than moments. Gods come, and gods go. Mortals flicker and flash and fade. Worlds don't last; and stars and galaxies are transient, fleeting things that twinkle like fireflies and vanish into cold and dust. But I can pretend.