A book should feel like a friend to a child—comforting, exciting, and full of surprises.

生活的悲剧不是美好的事物早逝，而是它们变老和变得卑鄙。

The most widespread form of inequality in the world today is not that between rich and poor, but that between men and women.

才能不足的人计谋多，见识不够的人事情多，威仪不足则使人怨怒多，诚信不够则言语多，勇气不足则辛劳多，明细不够则多察查，事理不足则多辩论，情分不够则多礼仪。

写作就是面对记忆的幽灵。

If something is too hard, we move on to something else.What could be more simpler than that?

煤炭的未来不在于数量，而在于我们能否清洁高效地利用它。