我们都是由我们所失去的和所获得的东西共同塑造的。
"We are all of us made by what we have lost as much as what we have gained."
Every mark on the canvas is a memory.
No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
故事是我们理解生活的方式。
绘画是一种忘记生活的方式。它是夜晚的呼喊,是扼住的笑声。
A great novel is one that leaves the reader changed.