在磨洋工的制度盛行的地方，艰苦的工作、低工资和恶劣的条件是常态。

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."

全球经济治理的未来取决于大国之间合作与竞争的平衡。

生活是世界上最稀有的事情。大多数人只是存在，仅此而已。

人为什么想要只狗，我想是为了安全。当你知道这个世界上至少还有一个生物在爱着你，这会让你感到安全。

The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.