I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe whether it call itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I allow myself to use—silence, exile, and cunning.

人类生来就有一些反射和爱、愤怒等情绪反应。

在爱丁堡，影子很长，秘密更深。

正义不是目的地，而是一段旅程。

文学是作者和读者之间不断的对话。