陌生人是群体本身的一个元素，与穷人和各种“内部敌人”并无不同——这个元素在群体中的成员身份既涉及在群体之外，也涉及与群体对立。
The stranger is an element of the group itself, not unlike the poor and sundry 'inner enemies'—an element whose membership within the group involves both being outside it and confronting it.
生活中的成功意味着在我们所处的条件下，做对我们最有利的事情。
The past is a story we tell ourselves.
The stones we pull from the earth carry 400 million years of history—we're merely temporary stewards.