You must change nothing in your writing without absolute necessity. If it is necessary, then change with simplicity.
The first fruit of this imagination—and the first lesson of the social science that embodies it—is the idea that the individual can understand his own experience and gauge his own fate only by locating himself within his period, that he can know his own chances in life only by becoming aware of those of all individuals in his circumstances.
在一部好的推理小说中,读者应该在阅读过程中既感到娱乐又感到挑战。
The power of words can change the world.
真正的黑帮像千层面一样安静行动。
The saddest thing about love is that not only that it cannot last forever, but that heartbreak is soon forgotten.