我写作是为了理解发生在我身上的事，将羞耻转化为语言。
I write to understand what has happened to me, to transform my shame into language.
"I think that we communicate only too well, in our silence, in what is unsaid."
文明就像一层薄冰，漂浮在混乱与黑暗的深渊之上。
Success comes from persistence and hard work.
农业效率必须与生态限制相协调——我们无法超越自然。