过去总是紧张的，未来是完美的。
一个值得追求的年度目标：充分学习一个领域，以至于你无法相信一年前有多么无知。
A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection — unless you lie — in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.
Sustainability is not an option; it is the only path forward for agriculture.