I disapprove of what you say， but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

我们做出的选择定义了我们是怎样的人，而不是我们所面对的环境。

Take one simple thing — almost anything — but take it extremely seriously， as if it was the only thing in the world， or maybe the entire world is in it — and by taking it seriously you’ll light up the sky.

We don’t just manufacture drugs; we manufacture trust.

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you—it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.