Art is not a mirror to reflect reality, but a hammer to shape it.

The statesman， who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals， would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted， not only to no single person， but to no council or senate whatever， and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.

诀窍不是学会信任你的直觉，而是训练自己忽略它们。

Loneliness is not the absence of others, but the absence of oneself.

每个故事都是一次进入未知的旅程。