The future of coal lies not in its quantity but in how cleanly and efficiently we can use it.

I'm a failed poet. Maybe every novelist wants to write poetry first, finds he can't, and then tries the short story, which is the most demanding form after poetry. And, failing at that, only then does he take up novel writing.

"Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin."

The worst evils in history have always been committed by those who truly believed they were combating evil. Beware of combating evil.

真相并不总是美丽的，但追求真相总是美丽的。

心理活动的目的是成功的生活。

"To understand a country, you must understand its silences."

Avoid extreme ideologies because they rob you of your sanity.