"Writing is about finding the courage to tell the story that needs to be told."

不要让自己成为别人的影子，要敢于做真实的自己。

La literatura no es un espejo de la realidad, sino una ventana a lo posible.

2015年：贝索斯致股东信《全世界对失败最宽容的公司》

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

百姓如果没有粮食，就不能供君王役使。所以，粮食不可不努力耕种，用度不可不厉行节俭。