贫困不仅仅是收入问题；它还关乎尊严和自主权。

In looking for someone to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. But the most important is integrity because if they don't have that, the other two qualities, intelligence and energy, are going to kill you.

2012年莫言诺贝尔文学奖演讲稿

I don’t let anyone dim my light.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

万物皆有裂痕，那是光照进来的地方。

世界上的事情，最忌讳的就是个十全十美，你看那天上的月亮，一旦圆满了，马上就要亏厌；树上的果子，一旦熟透了，马上就要坠落。凡事总要稍留欠缺，才能持恒。

The wild doesn’t give you second chances. You have to make every moment count.