一句话，先是太胆小，明知错的事却不敢不做；后来也还是太胆小，明知对的事却不敢去做。

最伟大的故事是那些揭示人性复杂性的故事。

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

"Books are empathy machines. They allow us to step into someone else's shoes and see the world through their eyes."