To live is to risk everything. Otherwise, you're just an inert chunk of randomly assembled molecules drifting wherever the universe blows you.

最大的自由是选择自己思想的自由。

The quality of a country's institutions is the single most important determinant of its long-term economic performance.

I don’t care if you’re a man or a woman, I’m still gonna be me.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

我一直在努力学习和成长。这就是生活的意义。