The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.

在某种程度上独立于男性之前，期待女性有美德是徒劳的。

The spread of liberal democracy around the world is not inevitable, but it is the most likely outcome of the historical process.

The best art comes from vulnerability.