"I am not interested in the individual fate of the characters, but in the social conditions that produce such fates."
我对角色的个人命运不感兴趣，而是对产生这种命运的社会条件感兴趣。
选自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·申韩》。曲木，弯曲的木头。恶，厌恶、怕。绳，木匠用以裁曲取直的墨绳。奸邪，奸邪之人。正法，公正无私的法律。这句话以曲木畏直绳作类比，说明公正无私之法对奸邪之人的威慑作用。
When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
You don't love because: you love despite; not for the virtues, but despite the faults.
气候变化不是对森林的未来威胁，而是现在正在运作的电锯。