"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter."

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

The truth is often found in contradiction.

"Stories are the way we teach children how to navigate the world with courage and kindness."

爱美就是看见光明。

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

Every leaf of vegetable is a gift from nature. We must plant and harvest with reverence.

我们必须通过文学来理解我们的历史。