To write is to confront the ghosts of our past, to give them a voice, and perhaps, to set them free.

解析：主张统治者不应推崇贤能，不使人民争夺名位；不珍贵难得的财物，不使人民偷盗；不显耀足以引起贪心的事物，使民心不被扰乱。

All things are possible until they are proved impossible and even the impossible may only be so, as of now.

"You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope."