Reputation is an idle and most false imposition: oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

叙事是一面镜子，不仅反映了我们是什么，还反映了我们可能成为什么。

To be a writer is to be a professional observer.

通过指挥和控制进行管理——无论严厉还是温和——都是利用人类潜能的低效方式。

The past is not dead. It is not even past.

The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.