时间是一条将我们带走的河流，但它也留下了我们存在的痕迹，就像沙滩上的脚印。

Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace， easy taxes， and a tolerable administration of justice.

I don't think you should ever have to apologize for your excitement.

I'm a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering, encompassing love—and it being more important and special than anything and everything else.