There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

阅读的行为是对世界噪音的一种抵抗。

I think that the novel is the perfect form for exploring the complexities of human nature.

艺术作品是绝对的低语。

"Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power."

每个孩子都应该在他们读的故事中看到自己。

I think it's important to have a good hard failure when you're young... I learned a lot from that. Because it makes you kind of aware of what can happen to you. Because of it, I've never had any fear in my whole life when we've been near collapse and so on. I've never been afraid.

在爱别人之前，你得先爱自己。

作为一个女人，我没有国家；作为一个女人，我的国家是整个世界。