世界是一本美丽的书，但对那些无法阅读它的人来说几乎没有用处。

The stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people.

The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.