The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.
The quality of your attention determines the quality of your life.
The unbearable lightness of being.
二十世纪的恐怖在于每个新事件的规模之大与其反响之微弱。
Words are the only homeland I have.
