在我们的内心深处被唤起的，就是那个久远的背景——古老的人类心理模式，它们源于遗传而非后天习得，我们从业已模糊的往日世代继承了它们。
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all doing direct the other way.
The best way to learn is to teach.
解释：能吞下船的大鱼，不会在细浅的溪水里遨游；在天空高飞的鸿鹄，不会在肮脏的水池栖息。
国家间最重要的政治区别不在于其政府形式，而在于其政府程度。
策展人的角色是为艺术繁荣创造条件，而不是规定它的条款。
小说中的每个角色都是对人性的某种实验。
The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother.
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.