他们曾说这城市是天堂，但我发现它是地狱。

The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is the most fundamentally human part of the human personality.

最激动人心的发现往往来自于以全新的方式看待老问题。

The past is never dead. It's not even past.

恐惧不能阻止死亡，它阻止生活。

Writing is a way of life, a way of being in the world.

I must study politics and war, tapestry and porcelain.

每个家庭都有自己的秘密，但有些秘密埋藏得比其他更深。