"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."

The narrative of economic progress must include the voices of those who have been left behind.

我宁愿保留我的坏习惯，也不愿被别人教导。

不要吹开毛发去寻找小疤痕，不要洗净污垢去察看难以知晓的毛病。

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

The writer’s loyalty must be to literature, not to ideology.