Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

Man is the measure of all things.

有时最革命的行为就是简单地生存下去。

Girl I'm gonna show you how much I care

最好的小说让熟悉的变得陌生，让陌生的变得熟悉。

The number one organ of ridicule, nowadays, is the newspaper. If you open the newspaper any day of the week, it's full of people who've messed up their lives. They've slept with the wrong person, taken the wrong substance, passed the wrong piece of legislation -- whatever it is, and then are fit for ridicule. In other words, they have failed. And they are described as "losers." Now, is there any alternative to this? I think the Western tradition shows us one glorious alternative, which is tragedy.