To love is to be vulnerable.

最好的书会提出问题，而不仅仅是给出答案。

The worse a situation becomes, the less it takes to turn it around, the bigger the upside.

文学不是一场道德选美比赛。它的力量来自声音的权威，而非灵魂的纯洁。

我们都是记忆的总和，然而我们记得的却如此之少。

"In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurs."

I’m not here to be perfect. I’m here to be real.

Quality is not a destination; it is a journey.

The historian must be a poet and a philosopher.