The whites came to this land for a fresh start and to escape the tyranny of their masters, just as the freemen had fled theirs. But the ideals they held up for themselves, they denied others.

我相信每一个成人的内心深处，都潜伏着一个爱做游戏的天真孩童，只不过随着时光流逝，蒙上了世故的尘土。

The best policies are those that listen to both science and tradition.

文学的价值不在于它的流行程度，而在于它能否触动读者的内心。