So I guess both Susan Boyle and this vegetable vendor in Shanghai belonged to otherness. They were the least expected to be successful in the business called entertainment, yet their courage and talent brought them through. And a show and a platform gave them the stage to realize their dreams.

我们每天所做的选择——我们买什么、吃什么、如何生活——都会产生影响。

可持续性不是一种选择；它是我们对下一代的责任。

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

To be a writer is to be a spy on life.