"Every civilization is built on the bones of another."
每个文明都是建立在另一个文明的骸骨之上。
The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.
"Every frame should tell a story."
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
I'm a very emotional person. I cry at the drop of a hat.
在二战之前，生活是简单的。在那之后，我们有了系统。
政治语言的设计是为了让谎言听起来真实，让谋杀显得体面，并给纯粹的虚无以稳固的表象。