精金美玉般的品性，一定是经历过了，烈火一样的磨砺才修成的；惊天动地的大事业，必须要有履薄冰临深渊般的胆识和魄力，才能成就。
The power of a story lies in its ability to connect us to the unknown.
The future of coal lies in sustainable and responsible mining practices.
The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it.
创造性的本质在于它的新颖性，因此我们没有标准来评判它。
La literatura es una forma de resistencia, una manera de decir no a la realidad que nos imponen.
I write to understand what hurts me and to make it exist outside of myself.
