The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease; the happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.
艺术不是反映现实的镜子,而是塑造现实的锤子。
The past is never dead; it's not even past. This is especially true in detective fiction.
I don't like to be put in a box. I like to be free.
如果你对一个问题的看法可以从你对另一个问题的看法中预测出来,你已经受制于一种意识形态。实际上当你真正独立地思考一个问题,你的结论无法被预测。