Literature is a false representation of life that nevertheless helps us to understand life better, to orient ourselves in the labyrinth where we are born, pass, and die.

创造建筑就是创造新的现实。

I love the pressure. I love the moment when I’m down. That’s when I feel most alive.

Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.

儒家传统不仅是历史的遗产，也是一种活着的传统。