"The past is always with us, for it feeds the present."

出自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·险固》。这句话以“地利”与“人和”、“武力”与“文德”的对比，阐明了实行仁政对于治国安邦的重要性。

To be a writer is to have a certain kind of sensitivity to the world, to be able to see what others do not see, to hear what others do not hear.