爱德华·萨义德

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

英语

“每一个帝国在其官方话语中都说自己与其他帝国不同。”

“No one today is purely one thing. Labels like Indian, or woman, or Muslim, or American are not more than starting-points.”

英语

“今天没有人纯粹是某一种身份。印度人、女人、穆斯林或美国人这样的标签不过是起点。”

“The intellectual's role is to speak the truth to power.”

英语

“知识分子的角色是向权力说出真相。”

“Exile is strangely compelling to think about but terrible to experience.”

英语

“流亡是一种奇特地引人深思却可怕地经历的状态。”