传记作者的挑战在于既要成为侦探，又要成为诗人。
The biographer's challenge is to be both a detective and a poet.
过去从未死去，甚至还未过去。
I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't read can sometimes lack.
The truth is rarely simple, and never whole.
建筑不是关于形式，而是关于性能。
"La soledad es el precio que a veces pagamos por ser diferentes."
真正的暴力是我们因为害怕做真实的自己而对自己施加的暴力。
译文：借鉴前代兴衰，考察当下得失。《通鉴》的写作宗旨，直指现实关怀。