Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

The future belongs to those who are willing to take calculated risks.

明智地思考却愚蠢地行动，这是人性。

这只鹰是我想要成为的一切：孤独、自制、远离悲伤，对人类生活的伤害麻木不仁。

夜晚是一种伟大的寂静，但星星是它的音乐。

即使可以传达，也无法被理解。

The existence of a legal system is a matter of fact, not of morality.