Silence is a virtue, but silence in front of someone you like is cowardice.
沉默是一种美德，但在喜欢的人面前沉默，就是一种懦弱。
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear."
如果自由有任何意义的话，那就是告诉人们他们不想听的事情的权利。
作家的职责是严谨而诚实地写作，直到竭尽全力。
When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions， a few of which I had thought about， some of which I had sort of stumbled on， and many that I had no control over whatsoever.
我不知道我是否相信上帝，但我相信人们创造神的力量。