过去两个世纪最重要的政治发展是现代国家的崛起。
The voice is an instrument that is very close to the soul.
The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels.
有独创性的作家,除非死了,否则总是令人震惊、令人愤慨的;新奇的事物会扰乱和排斥。
The most ordinary lives are full of extraordinary moments.
我们都是自己幻想的受害者。