We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering: these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love...these are what we stay alive for.
应对不自由世界的唯一方法是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反叛。
The true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.
战争是可怕的，但不是最可怕的事情；道德和爱国情感的衰败和堕落，认为没有什么值得战争，更糟糕。
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest of motives.