The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.

"In every story, there is a piece of truth waiting to be discovered."

历史不是发生了什么。历史只是历史学家告诉我们的东西。

想象力是人类仅存的自由领土。

唯一受过教育的人是学会了如何学习和改变的人。

The true art of memory is the art of attention.