There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
有些事情太严肃了,你不得不对它们一笑置之。
I’m drawn to stories that challenge the dominant narrative.
——1945年4月接到希特勒已死的消息时说
"In the silence of the night, the stories we tell ourselves become the truths we live by."
The work is a kind of mapping.
解释:国家每做一件事必然是有毁谤也有赞美,忠臣把毁谤都加在自己身上,而把赞美都归于君主。
他一次浸浴看到浴缸溢出的水与自身的重量相等,从而证明了皇帝的皇冠被渗入杂质。