The end of history will be a very sad time. The struggle for recognition, the willingness to risk one's life for a purely abstract goal, the worldwide ideological struggle that called forth daring, courage, imagination, and idealism, will be replaced by economic calculation, the endless solving of technical problems, environmental concerns, and the satisfaction of sophisticated consumer demands.

世界是由转瞬即逝的时刻组成的马赛克，每一个时刻本身都是珍贵的。

I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.

道理明白则文辞畅达，气势充沛则言辞得当。

气候变化是我们这个时代的决定性议题，我们正处于决定性时刻。

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.

作家就是那种花上数年耐心地试图发现自己内心第二个存在的人，以及那个造就了他的世界。