The mind is a biological achievement of the highest order.
The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.
有独创性的作家，除非死了，否则总是令人震惊、令人愤慨的；新奇的事物会扰乱和排斥。
Education is a lamp, but too many never find the switch.
一个人懒惰又奢侈，生活就会贫困；勤劳而节俭，生活就会富足。
人类活动正在成为一种强大的地质力量。
Time moves differently in memory than it does in life.
A writer must be stubborn, must have a vocation of sacrifice, and must accept that literature is a very cruel mistress.