文学的目的是将血液转化为墨水。

Every mental state corresponds to a specific brain state.

真相就像太阳。你可以暂时挡住它，但它不会消失。

建筑是一种对抗自然的艺术，但同时也是与自然和谐共处的艺术。

处理一个不自由的世界的唯一方法是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。

最好的故事来自内心。

Language is the only tool we have to make sense of the world, and yet it is always inadequate.

And America, too, is a delusion, the grandest one of all. The white race believes—believes with all its heart—that it is their right to take the land. To kill Indians. Make war. Enslave their brothers. This nation shouldn’t exist, if there is any justice in the world, for its foundations are murder, theft, and cruelty.

The foundation of every government is some principle or passion in the minds of the people.

小说的问题在于它太有道理了。现实从来都没有道理。

【译文】国家强盛源于法治，衰弱混乱源于徇私。