Literature should be a thorn in the side of society

The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture a new culture, invent a new history. Before long the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was.

我们都在阴沟里，但仍有人仰望星空。

解释：放开人民的嘴，让他们有话直说，政事的善恶好坏就都可以清楚。

在房地产中，你赚钱是在买的时候，而不是卖的时候。

The past is what you remember, imagine you remember, convince yourself you remember, or pretend you remember.