Our heroes are human heroes. That's a very new situation. Most other societies have had, right at their center, the worship of something transcendent: a god, a spirit, a natural force, the universe, whatever it is -- something else that is being worshiped. We've slightly lost the habit of doing that, which is, I think, why we're particularly drawn to nature.

我能计算天体的运动，却无法计算人们的疯狂。

La femme est une propriété que l'on acquiert par contrat.

通过别人的鞋可以了解很多东西，他们从哪儿来，将要到哪儿去。

"The power of a story is that it can make the unfamiliar familiar."

The desire to be desired is the most powerful thing in the world.