这是最好的时代，这是最坏的时代；这是智慧的时代，这是愚蠢的时代；这是信仰的时期，这是怀疑的时期；这是光明的季节，这是黑暗的季节；这是希望之春，这是失望之冬；人们面前有着各样事物，人们面前一无所有；人们正在直登天堂；人们正在直下地狱。
——总之，那时跟现在非常相象，某些最喧嚣的权威坚持要用形容词的最高级来形容它。说它好，是最高级的；说它不好，也是最高级的。
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,
it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness,
it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair,
we had everything before us, we had nothing before us,
we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.
In short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

——狄更斯的《双城记》

死亡是一面镜子，反射出生命在它面前做的各种徒劳的姿态。

——《百年孤独》

生命中真正重要的不是你遭遇了什么，而是你记住了哪些事，又是如何铭记的。

——《百年孤独》

物来顺应，未来不迎，当时不杂，既过不恋。

——曾国藩

那美好的仗我已经打过了，当跑的路我已经跑尽了，所信的道我已经守住了。从此以后，有公义的冠冕为我存留...
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I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness...

——《圣经•提摩太后书4:7-8》

人永远都无法知道自己该要什么，因为人只能活一次，既不能拿它跟前世相比，也不能在来生加以修正。没有任何方法可以检验哪种抉择是好的，因为不存在任何比较。一切都是马上经历，仅此一次，不能准备。

——《生命中不能承受之轻》第一部

痛苦和恐惧不能使人忘记身体的饥饿，但是食物可以使人减轻灵魂的痛苦。
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Pain and fear did not dull physical hunger, but the taking of food dulled pain.

——电影《教父》

对人与对树却是一样的。它越是想长到高处和光明处，它的根就越是力求扎入土里，扎到幽暗的深处，——深入到恶里去。

——尼采《查拉图斯特拉如是说》

人是一条肮脏的河流，人们必须已然成为大海，方能接纳一条肮脏的河流，而不至于变脏。

——尼采《查拉图斯特拉如是说》

假使有神，我怎能忍受我不是那神，所以没有神！

——尼采