Time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life.
时间在被小齿轮滴答作响时是死的；只有当钟停止时，时间才会复活。
人类是绝望的动物。
The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. We must protect her, for she is our life.
文学是让不可见的东西变得可见的艺术。
最令人兴奋的事情是当你突然看到一个困扰你很长时间的问题的解决方案时。
你所需要的越少，你就越自由。
Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which nature herself is animated.
The act of discovery is not reserved for the genius alone.