The most important political development of the modern era is the rise of the modern state.

A good book should make you laugh, cry, and think.

法律的目的不是废除或限制，而是维护和扩大自由。

最成功的领导者是那些足够谦逊，知道自己并非无所不知的人。

To write is to breathe life into the silent corners of the soul.

There is pleasure in the pathless woods.

"The problem with fiction is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense."