A sober looks shows that just have the world gotten to be a better place after all; it is also grown a bit worse at the exact same rate.; a one step up, a one step back sort of cosmic balance between forward progress, and cultural retreat, that puts man kind on a bell curve of existence.

作家是关注世界的人。

The moment you give up, is the moment you let someone else win.

我知道必须让孩子们有所专心，怠慢乃是孩子们最可怕的危险。