The speech we hear is an indication of that which we don't hear. It is a necessary avoidance, a violent, sly, anguished or mocking smokescreen which keeps the other in its place.
我们听到的言语是我们听不到的言语的指示。它是一种必要的回避，一种暴力的、狡猾的、痛苦的或嘲笑的烟幕，使对方保持在它的位置上。
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Neither power nor wealth, only the scepters of art endure.
The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your relationships.
有时最平凡的生活里藏着最不平凡的故事。
The tension between standing apart and being fully involved; that is what makes a writer.