The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

译文：亲近贤臣，疏远小人，这是西汉兴盛的原因;亲近小人，疏远贤臣，这是东汉衰败的原因。

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.

事实是，每个人都会伤害你。你只需要找到那些值得为之受苦的人。