散文家与评论家

“The largest part of what we call "personality" is determined by how we've opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.”

“我们所谓"性格"的最大部分，取决于我们选择如何抵御焦虑和悲伤。”

“Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others.”

“每一个帝国在其官方话语中都说自己与其他帝国不同。”

“On ne découvre pas de terre nouvelle sans consentir à perdre de vue, d'abord et longtemps, tout rivage.”

“人只有鼓起勇气让海岸消失在视野之外，才能发现新的海洋。”

“The moment we choose to love we begin to move against domination, against oppression.”

“当我们选择爱的那一刻，我们就开始对抗统治、对抗压迫。”

“The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks.”

“独立思想的本质不在于它想什么，而在于它如何思考。”

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

“没有热情，从来不会取得任何伟大的成就。”

“Activism is not a journey to the corner store. It is a plunge into the unknown.”

“社会行动不是去街角商店的旅程。它是向未知的纵身一跃。”

“希望本是无所谓有，无所谓无的。这正如地上的路；其实地上本没有路，走的人多了，也便成了路。”

“Je ne comprends pas; je m'arrête; j'examine.”

“我不理解；我停下来；我审视。”

“万头攒动火树银花之处不必找我。如欲相见，我在各种悲喜交集处。”

“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.”

“三种最有害的上瘾物是海洛因、碳水化合物和月薪。”

“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.”

“单一叙事制造了刻板印象，刻板印象的问题不在于它们不真实，而在于它们不完整。”

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

“所有动物一律平等，但有些动物比其他动物更加平等。”

“I closed my eyes and let the sick feeling wash over me, and then I began to feel better.”

“我闭上眼睛，让那种恶心的感觉涌过全身，然后我开始觉得好些了。”

“一个人至少拥有一个梦想，有一个理由去坚强。心若没有栖息的地方，到哪里都是在流浪。”

“Interpretation is the revenge of the intellect upon art.”

“阐释是智识对艺术的报复。”

“The struggle is really all I have. The struggle is really all any of us have because the question is whether you are going to go forward.”

“抗争确实是我所拥有的一切。抗争确实是我们所有人拥有的一切，因为问题在于你是否要继续前行。”

“一个人只拥有此生此世是不够的，他还应该拥有诗意的世界。”

“The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.”

“真正的英雄总是误打误撞成为英雄的；他梦想着像其他人一样做一个诚实的懦夫。”

“The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled.”

“我们所见与所知之间的关系从未确定。”

“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”

“我比爱世界上任何其他国家都更爱美国，正因如此，我坚持永远有批评她的权利。”