Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

艺术家是美丽事物的创造者。揭示艺术而隐藏艺术家是艺术的目的。

Society can and does execute its own mandates， and if it issues wrong mandates instead of right， or any mandates at all in things with which it ought not to meddle， it practices a social tyranny more formidable than many kinds of political oppression， since， though not usually upheld by such extreme penalties， it leaves fewer means of escape， penetrating much more deeply into the details of life， and enslaving the soul itself.

"The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them."

写作是一种勇气的行为，一种跃入虚空的跳跃。