Marty Pang

“What makes the desert beautiful,' said the little prince, 'is that somewhere it hides a well...”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

“如果專業人士讓當下的政治氣氛影響應謹守的倫理原則，那麼，他們便會說出過去自己不可置信之妄語，犯下自己無法想像之惡行。”
― Timothy Snyder, 暴政：掌控關鍵年代的獨裁風潮，洞悉時代之惡的20堂課

“一九三○與一九四○年代的納粹黨、法西斯、共產黨都是在勝選之後，結合政治展演、鎮壓，以及分層擊破敵人的「切香腸戰術」（Salami tactics）03，逐一消滅反對者。他們轉移大部分民眾的注意力，關押部分反對人士，如此一來剩餘的人便不再是威脅。”
― Timothy Snyder, 暴政：掌控關鍵年代的獨裁風潮，洞悉時代之惡的20堂課

“Part of love is preparing for death... Afterwards comes the madness. And then the loneliness... [People say] you'll come out of it... And you do come out of it, that's true. But you don't come out of it like a train coming out of a tunnel, bursting through the Downs into sunshine and that swift, rattling descent to the Channel; you come out of it as a gull comes out of an oil slick; you are tarred and feathered for life.”
― Julian Barnes, Levels of Life