Every decision we make today shapes the world we will live in tomorrow.

The strength of a state is not just its ability to coerce, but its ability to provide services and maintain legitimacy in the eyes of its citizens.

"The best writing is that which makes the familiar strange and the strange familiar."

服装决定人的型态，全裸的人对社会几乎没有影响。

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.