The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other.

写作是一种存在于世界的方式，一种理解它的方式，以及一种改变它的方式。

"There is nothing more terrifying than the absence of magic."

The world is not dialectical—it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or synthesis.

The rule of law is a necessary condition for the development of a modern state.