"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness."
在糟糕的时候抱有希望不仅仅是愚蠢的浪漫。这是基于人类历史不仅是残酷的历史，也是同情、牺牲、勇气和善良的历史。
我相信我们都是自己的墓地；我们蹲伏在自己过去的坟墓之间。
The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that’s also a hypocrite.
我写作是为了探索语言的边界。
The writer must be a smuggler of truths, a clandestine agent of freedom.