The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

The habit of committing far more time to learning and thinking than to doing is no accident.

The novel is the only place where all contradictions can coexist.

真正的强大是承认自己的弱点。

I don’t like to do easy things. I like to challenge myself.

唯一不变的是变化本身。

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.