要坚信，你是一个勇敢的人。因为你还活着，活着，就要继续前进。 - 每日文摘

It is remarkable that a science which began with the consideration of games of chance should have become the most important object of human knowledge.

值得注意的是，一门始于考虑机会游戏的科学竟然成为了人类知识中最重要的对象。

皮埃尔-西蒙·拉普拉斯

谁说我没有死过出生以前，太阳无数次起落悠久的时光被悠久的虚无、吞并又以我生日的名义卷土重来。

史铁生

文学是人类的记忆。

"Literature is the memory of humanity."

马蒂亚斯·埃纳尔

看见苦难的永恒，实在是神的垂怜——唯此才能真正断除迷执，相信爱才是人类唯一的救助。

史铁生

画布上的旧颜料，随着时间的推移，有时会变得透明。当这种情况发生时，在某些画作中，可以看到原始的线条：一棵树会透过女人的裙子显现出来，一个孩子给狗让路，一艘大船不再在开阔的海面上。这被称为“悔改”，因为画家“后悔了”，改变了主意。也许可以说，被后来的选择所取代的旧观念，是一种看然后再看的方式。

Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented,' changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again.