The ideas of economists and political philosophers， both when they are right and when they are wrong， are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed the world is ruled by little else. Practical men， who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence， are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.

Politics and literature are both attempts to change reality, just in different ways.

Every nation is a story it tells about itself.

我疯了，我疯了。这就是我大脑的工作方式。我不正常。我的想法不一样。我的大脑一直在运转。