The novel is a protest against the irreversibility of time.

历史不仅仅是关于过去；它是关于过去如何塑造未来。

"La poesía es el arte de capturar lo efímero."

I always say, "If you stay ready, you don't have to get ready."

The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.

The greatest happiness which can happen to any country is the taking of the supreme power out of the hands of the governing few and putting it into the hands of the governed many.