"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."
To live is to be marked. To live is to change, to acquire the words of a story, and that is the only celebration we mortals really know.
"La política y la literatura son dos formas de interpretar la realidad, pero la literatura siempre va más allá."
世界上冇绝对嘅对与错,只有适合唔适合。
The great ideological battles between liberalism and communism, or between democracy and authoritarianism, have been replaced by a general consensus on the desirability of liberal democracy.
When you think it's the most difficult, it's actually the closest you are to success.
"Writing about the past is a way of making sense of the present and imagining a different future."