The whole world is becoming more and more homogenized, and I think it's important to preserve cultural identity.

The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.

The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.

研究的坚持是关键；自然只向有耐心的人揭示它的秘密。