The purpose of bureaucracy is to compensate for incompetence and lack of discipline.
官僚主义的目的是为了弥补无能和缺乏纪律。
"It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart."
The novel is not just a mirror to the world, but a hammer with which to shape it.
I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
我不是先知，我是信使。
There was another life that I might have had, but I am having this one.