"The novel is not just a story; it's a mirror held up to society, reflecting its beauty and its ugliness."

There's a tendency to think that our present politicians are much worse than we had in the past.But we tend to forget how awful our politicians were in the past.

The great challenge of our time is to build institutions that can manage the complexity of modern societies.

"The only thing we can be sure of about the future is that it will be different."