Once we dreamt that we were strangers. We wake up to find that we were dear to each other.

The most important political development of the last two centuries has been the rise of the modern state.

True leadership means taking responsibility even when things go wrong.

The best art comes from pain.

在文学中，边界消失了；剩下的只有人类情感的普世语言。

我们不讲述的故事是那些最让我们萦绕于心的故事。

难以消化的美味，不要贪吃；难以获取的宝物，不要储藏；难以酬报的恩惠，不要接受；难以久处的朋友，不要交往；难以再现的光陰，不要失去；难以守护的资财，不要积贮；难以辩明的诽谤，不要辩白；难以解除的忿恨，不要计较。