The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
坚持与固执之间的区别在于一个源自坚强的意志，另一个源自坚强的拒绝。
我不考虑类型，我考虑故事。
The novel is the art of making the impossible believable.
The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds， as they result either from the mere situation of the climate and country or from the form of government and of the character of the people， or from those finer principles and morals， which may be called the recommendations of philosophy.
Many will call me an adventurer, and that I am...only one of a different sort: one who risks his skin to prove his truths.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.