The first sentence of every novel should be: "Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human."

"Thinking begins only when we have come to know that reason, glorified for centuries, is the most stiff-necked adversary of thought."

A leader's role is to navigate uncertainty with clarity and conviction.

宇宙不仅比我们想象的更奇怪，而且比我们能想象的还要奇怪。

The writer must be a stranger in his own country.

Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are.