The meaning of earthly existence lies not， as we have grown used to thinking， in prospering but in the development of the soul.
尘世存在的意义，并不像我们习惯于认为的那样，在于繁荣昌盛，而在于灵魂的滋长。
"Every border is a fiction, drawn first in the mind before it scars the earth."
开玩笑是件严肃的事情。
The act of writing is an act of discovery.
历史总是个人的。
My stomach is a knot of sorrow and anger, but I keep smiling.
The writer is the natural enemy of the state, because the state is based on lies and the writer is based on truth.