It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all doing direct the other way.

"To understand the living, you must commune with the dead."

True freedom is inner freedom.

The future of forestry lies in balancing economic growth with ecological preservation.

我不追随潮流，我创造潮流。

I think baking is very therapeutic. It's a way of expressing yourself and showing love to others.

To understand a culture, you must listen to its artists—they are the seismographs of societal change.