In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.
在共和政府中,人人平等;在专制政府中,人人也平等:在前者中,因为他们是一切;在后者中,因为他们什么都不是。
自由是绝对必要的。
不要害怕失败,失败是成功之母。
城市的伟大是由它的公共空间衡量的。
Everything should be built top-down, except the first time.
The body remembers what the mind tries to forget.
记忆是件奇怪的事。它的运作方式和我以为的不同。我们不是在回忆,而是在重写记忆,就像历史被重写一样。回忆就是重塑,就是重新想象。
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.