The city's poor are like the roots of a tree: unseen, but essential to its survival.

帝国主义没有道德，没有伦理，没有原则。

"The act of writing is an act of courage, a defiance against the silence of the world."

"Caring too much for objects can destroy you. Only—if you care for a thing enough, it takes on a life of its own, doesn’t it? And isn’t the whole point of things—beautiful things—that they connect you to some larger beauty?"

我们都是生命之书中的章节。

对动物的同情与善良的性格密切相关。