The only obsession everyone wants: ‘love.’ People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you’re whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You’re whole, and then you’re cracked open.

爱不是占有，而是欣赏。

作家必须成为他时代的见证者。

The coal industry must evolve to meet modern environmental standards, or it will become obsolete.

Science is not just about finding answers, but also about asking the right questions.

"I write about tyrants not because I fear them, but because I refuse to let them own my imagination."