I strove with none,For none was worth my strife.Nature I loved and,Next to Nature, Art;I warm'd both hands before the fire of life;It sinks,And I am ready to depart. 
我和谁都不争，和谁争我都不屑；我爱大自然，其次就是艺术；我双手烤着生命之火取暖；火萎了，我也准备走了。
——兰德《生与死》