Men have two greatest fears: the first fear is the fear of being needed, and the second fear is the fear of not being needed. 人最大的恐惧有两种:第一种是害怕被需要，第二种是害怕不被需要。 -- C. JoyBell C. C.乔贝尔C.
He pushes it away with the hand, but pulls it forward with the foot. 他用手推开它，但用脚把它往前拉。
No frog is tied by a rope to a pond. 没有青蛙是用绳子拴在池塘上的。
A bird may fly off the earth and land on an anthill, but it will still be on the ground. 一只鸟可能飞离地球，落在蚁丘上，但它仍会在地面上。
Hear all, see all, say nowt, tak' all, keep all, gie nowt, and if tha ever does owt for nowt do it for thysen. 听见所有的，看见所有的，说现在，带走所有的，保持所有的，给现在，如果你曾经为现在而做，不要为现在而做。
The big secret about Art is that no one wants it to be true. 艺术的最大秘密是没有人希望它是真的。 -- Adam Phillips 亚当·菲利普斯
A fifth wheel to a cart is but an encumbrance. 一个手推车的第五个轮子只是一个累赘。
Crime is cunning; it puts an angel in front of every devil. 犯罪是狡猾;它把天使放在每个魔鬼面前。
Good fiction is life with all the boring bits taken out, not with all the hardship taken out. 好的小说是去掉所有无聊的部分，而不是去掉所有的困难。 -- Caro Clarke 卡罗·克拉克