You can have a lifetime of trying to get away from where you started out, and it’s only when you get there you realize you’ve brought it with you.
你可以用一生的时间试图逃离你开始的地方，只有当你到达那里时，你才意识到你已经把它带在身边了。
The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.
我们期望晚餐不是出自屠夫、啤酒商或面包师的仁慈，而是出自他们对自身利益的考虑。
文学让我们在一生中活出千种生活。
【大意】君子不认为细微的好事不值得去做而舍弃它。
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.