Life is a series of small dramas, played out in the shadow of larger ones.

最危险的故事是我们讲给自己的故事。

To eat bread without hope is still slowly to starve to death.

The great ideological battles between liberalism and communism, or between democracy and authoritarianism, have been replaced by a general consensus on the desirability of liberal democracy.

The only limits that exist are the ones you place on yourself.

文学的美在于它能够跨越时间和空间连接我们。

摆脱诱惑的唯一方法就是屈服于它。