The quality of a country's institutions is the single most important determinant of its long-term economic performance.

写作是一种抵抗行为，一种从边缘夺回我们叙事的方式。

语言不是描述现实的工具，而是现实本身。

"To write a biography is to walk in another's shoes, to see the world through their eyes."

The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.