"Books are mirrors, but they are also windows."
I am not a political person by nature. I don't think that writers are, or should be, political figures.
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.
 “每逢你想要批评任何人的时候”,他对我说,“你就记住,这个世界上所有的人,并不是个个都有过你拥有的那些优越条件。”
The health of our oceans is directly linked to the health of our planet and humanity.