The modern state is characterized by its ability to concentrate and use power in a way that premodern states could not.

Every story is a kind of ghost, haunting the present.

引用自海明威《老人与海》，张海迪在演讲中多次引用以表达坚韧精神

You can't manage what you don't measure, and you can't improve what you don't manage.

"We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives."

I believe in making things that last, both physically and emotionally.