The most successful modern states are those that have been able to harness the power of the market while maintaining a strong state that can provide public goods and regulate private activity.

从非工作状态到工作状态的最佳性能改进。

I don't hold grudges, I remember facts.

战争是语言失败时发生的事情。

The half-life of love is forever.

The novel is a totalizing form; it tries to encompass all of human experience.

"With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how."

"The past never leaves us; we carry it in our eyes and in our voices."

没有刻苦钻研的精神，就不能明辨事情的道理；没有专心致志的工作，就不会取得显赫的成绩。