I could not have parted with you, my Lizzy, to anyone less worthy.

A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.

An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

改变不会一夜之间发生，但每一步前进都是朝着正确的方向迈出的一步。

风俗的专制无处不是人类进步的阻碍。

The most important thing is to be able to think, to be able to see, to be able to judge what you see.

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

An artist’s job is to disturb the peace.