"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness."

"The past never leaves us; we carry it in our eyes and in our voices."

Love is the world's infinite mutability; lies, hatred, murder even, are all knit up in it.

我没时间恨那些恨我的人，因为我忙着爱那些爱我的人。

没有无聊的主题，只有无聊的作家。

可持续采石不是选择，而是我们对后代的责任。

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

I'm not a saint, I'm not a sinner, I'm just a man who's made mistakes.