All the great things are simple， and many can be expressed in a single word： freedom， justice， honor， duty， mercy， hope.

作家的首要工作不是持有观点，而是讲述真相。

I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you.