The story is a machine for empathy. In contrast to logic or reason, a story is about emotion which is encoded in the details.
故事是同理心的机器。与逻辑或理性相比，故事是关于情感的，这些情感被编码在细节中。
The most basic human desire is to be recognized as a human being.
一个人固守道德而不能发扬光大，信仰主张又不能坚定不移，这种人有他不能算有，没有他不能算无。
I think that's the single most important thing about writing: it's about making the familiar strange and the strange familiar.
We are all given one thing by which our lives are measured, one determination.
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
