The dominant kind of snobbery that exists nowadays is job snobbery. You encounter it within minutes at a party, when you get asked that famous iconic question of the early 21st century, "What do you do?" According to how you answer that question, people are either incredibly delighted to see you, or look at their watch and make their excuses.

我不是神，我只是一个唱歌的家伙。

Among thousands of people, you meet those you've met. Through thousands of years, across the boundless wilderness of time, you happen to meet them, neither earlier nor a bit too late. There is nothing to be said except to ask lightly, "Oh, you're here too?"

与其抱怨黑暗，不如点亮一支蜡烛。

人们是好奇的。少数人是。他们会被驱使去发现事物，即使是微不足道的事情。他们会把东西拼凑起来，尽管他们可能一直都知道自己可能是错的。你看到他们带着笔记本四处走动，刮掉墓碑上的泥土，阅读微缩胶片，只是希望能看到时间的涓涓细流，建立联系，从垃圾中拯救一件事物。

当他凝视她的黑眼睛，看着她的嘴唇在笑与沉默之间徘徊时，他学到了世界上所有人都能理解的语言——那是爱。

In crowds it is stupidity and not mother-wit that is accumulated.

文学是克服死亡的唯一途径。

"To understand a person, you must first understand their silences."