"The past is never dead. It's not even past."

The gift of language is the single human trait that marks us all genetically, setting us apart from the rest of life.

你为某件事付出的努力越多，实现时的成就感就越大。

钱不说话，它咒骂。

The more you hide, the more you show.

Sustainability isn't a choice; it's a responsibility we owe to the ocean and those who depend on it.

历史是我们再也听不到的声音的回响。

A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.

The greatest works are those that are still being read long after their authors have died.