试图写爱就是面对语言的泥潭：那个语言既太多又太少、过度又贫乏的歇斯底里区域。
To try to write love is to confront the muck of language: that region of hysteria where language is both too much and too little, excessive and impoverished.
The creation of a modern state is a complex and difficult process that requires the development of strong institutions.
今天对自由民主最严重的威胁不是来自共产主义或法西斯主义等敌对意识形态，而是来自内部——来自民粹主义的兴起和民主规范的侵蚀。
顺从天意的**是以义服人的**，违反天意的**是以力服人的**。
Every bottle tells a story—make yours worth telling.
The self is only that which it is in the process of becoming.
Every barrel we produce must be done responsibly, with full consideration of environmental and social impacts.