大自然造就了人们在身体和心智的才能上如此相等，以至于尽管有时候可能会有一个人明显在身体上更强壮，或者在思维上更敏捷，但总结一切，人与人之间的差异并不是如此重大，以至于一个人可以因此而主张自己有权享受任何另一个人也可以同样主张的权益。

Nature hath made men so equal in the faculties of body and mind， as that though there be found one man sometimes manifestly stronger in body or of quicker mind than another， yet when all is reckoned together the difference between man and man is not so considerable as that one man can thereupon claim to himself any benefit to which another may not pretend as well as he.

托马斯·霍布斯

生活中有种种可能性，而在一切可能性中反映出来的只是自身存在的一种无法逃脱的不可能性。

弗兰兹·卡夫卡

机会来的时候像闪电一般短促，全靠你不假思索地利用。

巴尔扎克

玉女是很纯净高洁的形象，当一块斑驳的玉仍然以玉的形式存在，就是欺骗。

梁文道

最终，我们记住的不是敌人的话语，而是朋友的沉默。

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

鲁本·丰塞卡

那一天，不知什么原因，我决定出去跑一趟，所以我跑到路的尽头。当我到达那里，我想也许我能跑到城边；而当我到达那里，我想也许我能跑遍绿茵县；这时我想既然我跑了那么远，也许我可以跑遍亚拉巴马州。我就这么做了。我横越整个亚拉巴马，不知什么原因，我继续跑，我一直跑到大海；当我到达那里，我想既然我跑了那么远，也许不如掉头继续跑，然后当我跑到另一个大海；我想既然我跑了那么远，我也许不如掉头，继续跑下去。当我累了，我就睡觉；当我饿了，我就吃饭；当我想去…你知道…我就去。

That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the road, and when I got there, I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd just run across Greenbow County. Now, I figured since I'd run this far, maybe I'd just run across the great state of Alabama. And that's what I did. I ran clear across Alabama. No particular reason. I just kept on going. I ran clear to the ocean. And when I got there, I figured since I'd gone this far, might as well turn around, just keep on going. And when I got to another ocean, I figured since I'd gone this far... I might as well just turn back and keep right on going. When I got tired, I slept. When I got hungry, I ate. When I had to go... you know... I went.